Appendicitis Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 38-year-old man presents to the emergency department with crampy abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting for the past 3 days. The patient has no significant medical history and does not take any medications daily. Temperature is 39.4ºC (102.9ºF), pulse is 122/min, blood pressure is 108/63 mmHg, respiratory rate is 22/min, and oxygen saturation is 98% on room air. Physical examination reveals an ill-appearing male, visibly in pain, lying on the stretcher. There is guarding and tenderness to palpation over the right lower abdominal quadrant. A palpable mass is present in the right lower quadrant. Initial blood work demonstrates a leukocytosis with left shift. Which of the following findings, if present, would suggest a complicated presentation of the underlying disease process?

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Appendiceal wall less than three (3) millimeters in thickness on abdomen pelvis CT

Periappendiceal fat stranding on abdomen pelvis CT

Appendiceal diameter less than six (6) mm on abdomen pelvis CT

Surrounding appendiceal abscess on abdomen pelvis CT

Elevated creatinine