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Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) shows well for acute traumatic/nontraumatic conditions inducing RLQ pain, and is doable for appendicitis, and other less critical conditions.

Abdominal CT_RLQ Pain

Submitted over as an education exhibit at 2009 RSNA annual meeting, contributions in this segment are being made by Andrei S. Purysko, MD; Erick M. Remer, MD;    Hilton M. Leão Filho, MD; Leonardo K. Bittencourt, MD; Rodrigo V. Lima, MD and Douglas J. Racy, MD from the Abdominal Imaging Section, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Abdominal Imaging Section, Medimagem, Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and Clínica de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Courtesy: RSNA Journal)

Right lower quadrant abdominal pain (RLQ pain) is one of common reasons for patient visits at emergency room; patients with appendicitis/abdominal pain, most commonly require surgery, but RLQ abdominal pain serve as a sign to wide range of distinctive diagnoses for patients, and test the abilities of doctors.

Other to appendicitis, the reasons for RLQ pain incorporate incendiary and contagious conditions comprising the ileocecal region, inflammation of a diverticulum/diverticulitis; malignancies (cancerous growth); conditions affecting – omentum, epiploic appendages, mesentery, and other.

Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) demonstrates well for acute traumatic/nontraumatic conditions inducing RLQ pain; the technology is feasible for to diagnose and manage appendicitis, and other less critical conditions.