Table 1. CT severity scores based on CT findings.
Scores | Appendiceal diameter | Appendiceal wall changes | Caecal changes | Periappendiceal inflammatory stranding | Phlegmon or abscess formation |
0 | <6 mm | Absent | Absent | Absent | None |
1 | 6–10 mm | Enhancing wall thickening | Wall thickening | Milda | Phlegmon |
2 | >10 mm | Defect in enhancing wall thickening | Wall thickening with surrounding fluid | Moderate to severeb | Abscess |
aPerceptible haziness or increased attenuation in the mesoappendix or retroperitoneal fat.
bMore severe change than score 1.