TY - BOOK AU - Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelsalam Elshahed AU - Manar Hussein Abdelsattar , AU - Mohamed Hafez Mahmoud , AU - Reda Saad Abdellatif , TI - Role of multislice computed tomography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelsalam Elshahed , KW - Acute appendicitis KW - Multislice computed KW - Ultrasonography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis; Issued also as CD N2 - MSCT signs of appendicitis include an appendix measuring greater than 6 mm in diameter failure of the appendix to fill with oral contrast medium or air up to its tip and enhancement of its wall with intravenous contrast medium . Surrounding inflammatory changes presence of an appendicolith and cecal apical changes are helpful signs in diagnosing acute appendicitis UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -