Spiral CT Findings in Complicated Appendicitis: Pictorial Essay

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen which usually presents with right lower abdominal pain. although physicians have enough information about this disease, its atypical presentations occasionally become challenging. nowadays, the role of spiral computed tomography (ct) scan-as a diagnostic modality for lowering the rate of negative appendectomy and ruling out differential diagnoses-is increasing. in this pictorial essay, we describe abdominal spiral ct findings of patients presented with complicated appendicitis to our emergency unit during a two-year period.