Fecal loading in the cecum as a new radiological sign of acute appendicitis

Table 1 Presence of fecal loading in plain abdominal radiographs of 400 patients with right acute abdominal pain divided into four groups (n = 100 each)

Disease	Fecal loading
	Present		Absent
	n	(%)	n	(%)
Acute appendicitis	97	97	3	3
Acute cholecystitis	13	13	87	87
Right pelvic inflammatory disease	12	12	88	88
Right nephrolithiasis	19	19	81	81