Abstract
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is generally a disease of young, sexually active patients. However, there have been few reports of computed tomography (CT) and the histopathologic findings of periappendicitis with PID in children. We present a case of PID with periappendicitis in a 12-year-old girl. Her CT findings are described, and the histopathologic findings of periappendicitis are discussed.
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Kurata, S., Uchida, M., Arakawa, M. et al. Pelvic inflammatory disease with periappendicitis in a pediatric patient. Radiat Med 25, 178–180 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-007-0118-6
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