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From: Ultrasonography-triggered diagnosis of putrid, ulcero-phlegmonous, hemorrhagic appendicitis and periappendicitis with an atypical symptom pattern: a case report

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Ultrasonography of the abdomen. An ultrasound-triggered suspicion of acute appendicitis was based on the free liquid around the terminal ileum, the intestinal cockade sign and the increase of the wall thickness of the proximal appendix to 3 mm. D1 (2.7 mm) ist equal to the increased wall thickness with weak echo signal intensity. D2 (6.8 mm) is equal to the diameter of the inflamed appendix in its proximal part

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