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Appendix in Children with Cystic Fibrosis: US Features¹

¹ From the Departments of Radiology (S.W.L., H.C.H.) and Pediatrics (M.J.S.), Juliana Children’s Hospital, Sportlaan 600, Den Haag, the Netherlands; and Department of Radiology, Medical Centre Haaglanden, the Netherlands (J.B.P.). From the 2002 RSNA scientific assembly. Received March 7, 2003; revision requested May 5; final revision received December 6; accepted January 5, 2004. Address correspondence to H.C.H. (e-mail: h.holscher@jkz-rkz.nl).

View larger version (125K): [in a new window]   Transverse (left) and longitudinal (right) US scans of the appendix in asymptomatic 9-year-old (top) and 10-year-old (bottom) female patients with cystic fibrosis. Note the thickened aspect of the appendix (arrows) (diameter, 9 mm) in both patients. The appendices are noncompressible (compression is demonstrated by contours of the abdominal wall), concentric wall layers are intact, and the lumen is filled with mucoid material.