Fig. 9From: Diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for gastrointestinal pathology: state of the art from basics to advancedA 40-year-old man presented complaining of fever and pain in the right iliac fossa of 5Â days duration. A hard tender mass was felt in the right iliac fossa. CRP was high. POCUS study (a) using a portable ultrasound machine and a high-frequency linear probe has shown a thickened appendicitis with oedema in the muscularis propria (yellow arrow) surrounded by fluid (F). There was a faecolith (white arrow) with a shadow behind it (arrowheads). Abdominal CT scan with intravenous contrast has confirmed the same findings (b). Interval appendectomy which was performed two months later confirmed the diagnosisBack to article page