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Table 6 Ultrasound findings in patients with pathologically proven appendicitis who were imaged with ultrasound, compared based on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) status

From: Acute appendicitis and SARS-CoV-2 in children: imaging findings at a tertiary children’s hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Fluid-filled Noncompressible Appendicolith Wall hyperemia Wall thickening Increased fat conspicuity Abscess
SARS-CoV-2 positive 49/56
(87.5%) 		52/56
(92.8%) 		21/56
(37.5%) 		48/56
(85.7%) 		50/56
(89%) 		52/56
(92.8%) 		1/56
(1.8%)
SARS-CoV-2 negative 650/782
(83.1%) 		661/782
(84.5%) 		295/782
(37.7%) 		607/782
(77.6%) 		650/782
(83.1%) 		691/782
(88.3%) 		47/782
(6.0%)
P-value 0.46 0.12 1 0.18 0.27 0.39 0.36
  1. Numbers represent the number of patients in whom the finding was present on ultrasound/the total number in each group
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