Acute appendicitis presenting with MIS-C secondary to COVID-19

• Main Authors: Amanda Sturgill (Author), Rachael Cannon (Author), Shivani Patel (Author), Andrea Horbey (Author), Raymond Chua (Author), Dilsa Souffrant (Author), Stephanie Davenport (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute Appendicitis (AA) is among the most common causes of abdominal pain in children. Several physical exam findings, scoring systems, and imaging studies, such as ultrasonography and computed tomography, exist to assist clinicians in diagnosing acute appendicitis. Despite multiple tools for assess...