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Identifying Retrocecal Appendicitis on Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Eric Scheier1, Britta Budde-Schwartzman2, Valery Kartun2
1Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Rehovot, Israel.
Background:
Retrocecal appendicitis may be challenging to find. We present the first case series in which retrocecal appendicitis was found on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).
Case Reports:
In each of the five cases, appendicitis was found by a pediatric emergency physician in the right periumbilical region or right upper quadrant. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: The POCUS practitioner should scan both the right upper and right lower quadrant of the abdomen in search of appendicitis, as well as in search of signs of perforation.
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