A patient presenting with right iliac fossa pain showing dilated appendix with mild fat stranding consistent with acute appendicitis (arrows)

A patient presenting with right iliac fossa pain showing dilated appendix with mild fat stranding consistent with acute appendicitis (arrows)

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Background: The objective of this study was to study, assess, and diagnose causes of acute abdomen accurately, to determine the accuracy of multidetector computed tomography (CT) for confirmation of negative, diagnosed, or equivocal ultrasonography (USG) cases, and to establish role of CT as the primary imaging modality. Aims and Objective: To stud...

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... most common cause found was acute appendicitis which constituted nearly 26% followed by acute pancreatitis which formed 14%, followed by cholecystitis and urolithiasis which formed 10% each. (Figures 1-5) ...

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