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Case of the Week - Case # 9

A 23-year-old female who is 7 weeks pregnant presents with RLQ abdominal pain.  She has tenderness near Ultrasound Case # 9McBurney’s point and you are suspicious for appendicitis.  Your surgical colleagues are not impressed and request that you perform “some form of imaging” to confirm the diagnosis.  You decide to perform a sonographic evaluation of the appendix and...

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