Abstract

Objective: Acute appendicitis is one of the reasons of acute abdomen that is very common in the childhood period and creates difficulty in diagnosis. In this study, the diagnostic accuracy and correlation between the histopathological diagnosis and the results of ultrasonography in childhood period acute appendicitis diagnosis and the WBC elevation rate were evaluated.

Material and Methods: Between January 2013 and June 2014, preoperative ultrasonography and WBC (White Blood Cell) levels of 37 cases with a pre-diagnosis of acute appendicitis consisting of 20 males and 17 females with a mean age of 13 years and undergoing appendectomy were evaluated restrospectively. The histopathological diagnosis was the basis of the correlation.results: The results of pre-operative USG and WBC of the selected patients were compared taking the histopathological result as the gold standard. In this respect, the rates for USG were as follows: diagnostic sensitivity 78%, selectivity 43%, and accuracy 70%. WBC was high in the patients with a possibility of acute appendicitis. In these patients the rates were sensitivity 83%, selectivity 30%, accuracy 70%

Keywords: Appendicitis, Child, Ultrasonography, Histopathology

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Köksal M, Şam AD, Köksal M, Özdemir HİA, Çelikbaş B, Özcan BG. The Comparison of Histopathological Diagnosis and Preoperative Ultrasonography and WBC Results of Cases Operated on with a Prediagnosis of Childhood Acute Appendicitis. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 May 24];9(4):231-4. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/300