Koji Fukata1, Junichi Takamizawa2, Hideo Miyake1, Hidemasa Nagai1, Yuichiro Yoshioka1, Norihiro Yuasa3, Shigeki Ito4, Masahiko Fujino5. 1. Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nakamura-ku Michisita3-35, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. 2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. 3. Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nakamura-ku Michisita3-35, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. nyuasa0257@gmail.com. 4. Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. 5. Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Because appendiceal diverticulitis (AD) has a high risk of perforation, precise diagnosis is important for patients with suspected acute appendicitis (AA). In this study, we aimed to reveal the characteristics of computed tomography (CT) images of AD. METHODS: CT images were comparatively analyzed in patients who underwent appendectomy and had histopathologically proved AD (n = 23) or AA (n = 365) to reveal specific findings of CT image for AD and determine sensitivity and specificity of CT for AD. RESULTS: Univariate analysis showed that maximal diameter of the appendix in AD was significantly smaller than that in AA. Multivariate analysis showed that saccular structure of the appendix wall, cecum or ascending colon diverticulum and peri-appendiceal or -cecal fluid collection were significant independent indicators of AD. Based on that saccular structure of the appendix wall which was the most important specific finding, the sensitivity and specificity of CT for AD were 48% and 99%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The saccular structure of the appendix wall, cecum or ascending colon diverticulum and peri-appendiceal or -cecal fluid collection in CT suggest AD in patients with suspected AA. The sensitivity and specificity of CT for diagnosing AD were 48% and 99%, respectively.
PURPOSE: Because appendiceal diverticulitis (AD) has a high risk of perforation, precise diagnosis is important for patients with suspected acute appendicitis (AA). In this study, we aimed to reveal the characteristics of computed tomography (CT) images of AD. METHODS: CT images were comparatively analyzed in patients who underwent appendectomy and had histopathologically proved AD (n = 23) or AA (n = 365) to reveal specific findings of CT image for AD and determine sensitivity and specificity of CT for AD. RESULTS: Univariate analysis showed that maximal diameter of the appendix in AD was significantly smaller than that in AA. Multivariate analysis showed that saccular structure of the appendix wall, cecum or ascending colon diverticulum and peri-appendiceal or -cecal fluid collection were significant independent indicators of AD. Based on that saccular structure of the appendix wall which was the most important specific finding, the sensitivity and specificity of CT for AD were 48% and 99%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The saccular structure of the appendix wall, cecum or ascending colon diverticulum and peri-appendiceal or -cecal fluid collection in CT suggest AD in patients with suspected AA. The sensitivity and specificity of CT for diagnosing AD were 48% and 99%, respectively.