There were both tenderness and spasm in the right lower quadrant. Appendectomy was performed promptly, and an acute gangrenous appendicitis was encountered. Postoperatively the temperature rose to ...

In consideration of a more liberal use of CT for right lower quadrant pain ... has been utilized selectively in patients for whom appendicitis is included in the differential diagnosis.

Macari M, Balthazar EJ: The acute right lower quadrant: CT evaluation ... temperature difference help in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis? Langenbecks Arch Chir 1988; 373: 310–2.

As per experts, up to half of appendicitis patients may not display the typical symptoms of right lower quadrant pain, fever, and vomiting. His research also indicates that misdiagnoses of ...

This likely reflects the longstanding belief that a male with right lower quadrant pain can only have appendicitis regardless of the rest of his clinical presentation. At this point, rather than ...