Griffin Walter,  Simmons Curtis,  Southard Richard,  Jorgensen Scott,  Van Tassel Dane

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: SCI-002

Pediatric abdominal trauma can be challenging and often necessitates rapid and accurate identification of injuries for optimal patient care. This study aimed to assess the potential workflow improvements in diagnostic accuracy achieved with semi-automated analysis of Dual Energy CT (DECT) image reconstruction in the setting of abdominal solid organ injury, as compared to conventional Multi-Detector CT (MDCT) images. The data sets from dual energy reconstructions have superior tissue differentiation and can be used to train a simple artificial intelligence (AI) program to recognize these patterns and expedite care. Read More

Authors:  Griffin Walter , Simmons Curtis , Southard Richard , Jorgensen Scott , Van Tassel Dane

Keywords:  Dual Energy, abdominal trauma

Tong Jane,  Luo Yu

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: CR-007

Although acute appendicitis is thought to be result from luminal obstruction of the appendix, rarely it may develop following abdominal trauma. Traumatic appendicitis is thought to occur through direct injury to the appendix, or as a response to other abdominal organ injury. On the other hand, in patients with other organ injury, some distension of the appendix can occur with surrounding free fluid secondary to trauma, mimicking appendicitis. While the clinical presentation of traumatic appendicitis is similar to that of traditional appendicitis, differentiation between reactive appendiceal changes in the setting of traumatic injury to other intra-abdominal organs is important, as the latter will not require appendectomy. We present two pediatric patients in whom following initial suspicion of acute appendicitis, ultrasonography (US) identified mildly enlarged fluid-filled and hyperemic appendix with out of proportion complex fluid, raising the suspicion of previously unsuspected abdominal trauma. Upon further examination, injury to other abdominal solid organs was discovered as the primary cause of patient's presentation and appendiceal findings were reactive to abdominal solid organ injury. In cases of suspected appendicitis, visualization of significant free fluid with dense debris on ultrasonography (US) calls for more careful examination to assess clues of other abdominal injury.
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Authors:  Tong Jane , Luo Yu

Keywords:  reactive appendicitis, abdominal trauma, ultrasound