The appendix is a blind-ending tubular structure arising from the cecum. Appendicitis results from an acute inflammation of the appendix and creates the most common abdominal surgical emergency. Acute appendicitis is a common gastrointestinal disease affecting 5.7–57/per 100.000 individuals each year, with the highest incidence in children and adolescents. Imaging studies in patients with a clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis can reduce the negative appendectomy rate, which has been reported to be as high as 15%.

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