title: Epiploic appendagitis: adding to the differential of acute abdominal pain.
abstract: We report a patient with epiploic appendagitis who presented with acute abdominal pain. Emergency Department and discharge courses are described. The pathophysiology, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of this disorder are discussed. Knowledge of this uncommonly diagnosed entity and its usual benign course may allow the Emergency Physician to order the appropriate studies to help avoid unnecessary surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02139, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Legome
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography