Assessing the utility of FDG PET/CT study in diagnosis of early acute appendicitis.

Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency that can be challenging to diagnose due to its varied clinical presentations. Standard imaging methods include ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18 F-FDG PET/CT), typically used for oncology, can incidentally detect appendicitis through increased radiotracer uptake associated with inflammation. The paper discusses two cases where acute appendicitis was identified during PET/CT scans conducted for cancer evaluations.