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. 2011 Dec;84(1008):1115–1120. doi: 10.1259/bjr/47699219

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.