Primary appendicitis epiploicae mimicking acute appendicitis.
We report two cases of primary appendicitis epiploicae, caused by torsion, whose presentation mimicked acute appendicitis.
McMahon
A J
AJ
Department of Surgery, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
Hansell
D T
DT
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality