Primary epiploic appendagitis.
The clinical presentation of primary epiploic appendagitis can mimic diverticulitis or appendicitis. Review of the pathologically confirmed cases in the English literature shows the majority of cases to arise from the sigmoid colon. Pathognomonic findings by computed tomography impact patient management, and it is thus important to recognize these in patients imaged in the emergency setting.
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Elise
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Blinder
Stephen
S
Ledbetter
Frank
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Rybicki