Touchie C (2013) Report of the Incidence and Prevalence of Diseases and Other Health Related Issues in Canada. Medical Council of Canada Blueprint Project. https://mcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Touchie-Incidence-Prevalence-Report.pdf. Accessed July 2, 2023

Sosner E, Patlas MN, Chernyak V, Dachman AH, Katz DS (2017) Missed acute appendicitis on multidetector computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging: legal ramifications, challenges, and avoidance strategies. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 46(5):360–364

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

CMPA (2020) CMPA report: challenges in diagnosing acute appendicitis associated with diagnostic imaging, p 1–6. See supplemental material

CMPA (2021) Medical-legal handbook for physicians in Canada. https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/handbooks/medical-legal-handbook-for-physicians-in-canada. Accessed June 10, 2023

Ward M, Visser R, Gillman L (2018) Acute Appendicitis: Dynamic Practice Guidelines for Emergency General Surgery. Committee on Acute Care Surgery, Canadian Association of General Surgeons. https://cags-accg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ACS-Handbook-CPG-Ch-7-Appendicitis-.pdf. Accessed July 2, 2023

American College of Radiology (2022) American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Right Lower Quadrant Pain. https://acsearch.acr.org/docs/69357/Narrative/. Accessed July 2, 2023

Meckler G, Sabhaney V, Skaarsgard E, Brae H (2017) ED Pathway for Evaluation/Treatment of Patient with Suspected Non-Perforated Appendicitis. https://www.bcemergencynetwork.ca/clinical_resource/suspected-appendicitis-in-children/. Accessed June 17, 2023

Nah SA, Ong SS, Lim WX, Amuddhu SK, Tang PH, Low Y (2017) Clinical relevance of the nonvisualized appendix on ultrasonography of the abdomen in children. J Pediatr 182:164–9.e1

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Puylaert J, Nolthenius J (2020) The Radiology Assistant: Appendicitis - Pitfalls in US and CT diagnosis. https://radiologyassistant.nl/abdomen/acute-abdomen/appendicitis-pitfalls-in-us-and-ct-diagnosis. Accessed June 12, 2023

Sauvain MO, Tschirky S, Patak MA, Clavien PA, Hahnloser D, Muller MK (2016) Acute appendicitis in overweight patients: the role of preoperative imaging. Patient Saf Surg 10:13

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Fursevich DM, LiMarzi GM, O’Dell MC, Hernandez MA, Sensakovic WF (2016) Bariatric CT imaging: challenges and solutions. Radiographics 36(4):1076–1086

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Carucci LR (2013) Imaging obese patients: problems and solutions. Abdom Imaging. 38(4):630–46

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Burns M, Hague CJ, Vos P, Tiwari P, Wiseman SM (2017) Utility of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of appendicitis during pregnancy: a canadian experience. Can Assoc Radiol J 68(4):392–400

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Shin I, Chung YE, An C, Lee HS, Kim H, Lim JS et al (2018) Optimisation of the MR protocol in pregnant women with suspected acute appendicitis. Eur Radiol 28(2):514–521

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Lin W, Jeffrey RB, Trinh A, Olcott EW (2017) Anatomic reasons for failure to visualize the appendix with graded compression sonography: insights from contemporaneous CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol 209(3):W128–W138

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Burkhardt JH, Arshanskiy Y, Munson JL, Scholz FJ (2011) Diagnosis of inguinal region hernias with axial CT: the lateral crescent sign and other key findings. Radiographics 31(2):E1-12

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Willekens I, Peeters E, De Maeseneer M, de Mey J (2014) The normal appendix on CT: does size matter? PLoS ONE 9(5):e96476

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Murray N, Darras KE, Walstra FE, Mohammed MF, McLaughlin PD, Nicolaou S (2019) Dual-energy CT in evaluation of the acute abdomen. Radiographics 39(1):264–286

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Egri C, Darras KE, Scali EP, Harris AC (2018) Classification of error in abdominal imaging: pearls and pitfalls for radiologists. Can Assoc Radiol J 69(4):409–416

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Quadri R, Vasan V, Hester C, Porembka M, Fielding J (2019) Comprehensive review of typical and atypical pathology of the appendix on CT: cases with clinical implications. Clin Imaging 53:65–77

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Srinivasa Babu A, Brooks ML (2015) The malpractice liability of radiology reports: minimizing the risk. Radiographics 35(2):547–554

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Canadian Association of Radiologists (2010) CAR Standard for Communication of Diagnostic Imaging Findings. https://car.ca/wp-content/uploads/Communication-of-Diagnostic-Imaging-Findings.pdf. Accessed July 7, 2023

Zinsser D, Maurer M, Do PL, Weiß J, Notohamiprodjo M, Bamberg F et al (2019) Reduced scan range abdominopelvic CT in patients with suspected acute appendicitis - impact on diagnostic accuracy and effective radiation dose. BMC Med Imaging 19(1):4

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Paulson EK, Coursey CA (2009) CT protocols for acute appendicitis: time for change. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 193(5):1268–71

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar