Normal Appendix 1 (2/3)

10 y/o with abdominal pain. Normal appendix identified medial to the iliac vessels.

Contributor: Elena Chen, MD

Normal Appendix 1 (3/3)

10 y/o with abdominal pain. Normal appendix identified medial to the iliac vessels.

Contributor: Elena Chen, MD

Normal Appendix 2 (1/2)

7 y/o F with abdominal pain. Normal appendix identified.

Contributor: Russ Horowitz, MD, Lurie Children's Hospital

Normal Appendix 2 (2/2)

7 y/o F with abdominal pain. Normal appendix identified.

Outer wall measured 0.48cm in long, 0.46cm in short, and 0.51cm again in a short axis.

Contributor: Russ Horowitz, MD, Lurie Children's Hospital

Normal Appendix - Cross Section Measured

14 y/o M with nausea vomiting and and RLQ pain. POCUS visualized a normal appendix is seen. A normal appendix is identified by a blind-ending tubular structure that is <6mm diameter measured from outer wall to outer wall (although 6mm-7mm has also been described). This patient’s appendix was measure to be 5.4mm.

Dr. Sathya Subramaniam - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Normal Appendix - Cross Section

14 y/o M with nausea vomiting and and RLQ pain. POCUS visualized a normal appendix is seen. A normal appendix is identified by a blind-ending tubular structure that is <6mm diameter measured from outer wall to outer wall (although 6mm-7mm has also been described). This patient’s appendix was measure to be 5.4mm (see still image).
Dr. Sathya Subramaniam - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Peds-Gastrointestinal

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