title: An uncommon cause of acute abdomen--epiploic appendagitis: CT findings.
abstract: Epiploic appendagitis, which is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen, is a benign self-limiting inflammatory process of epiploic appendices. It has primary and secondary types. Computed tomography findings of the primary type are specific but are demonstrated rarely. Herein, we present pre- and post-treatment computed tomography findings of two cases who admitted to the emergency clinic with acute abdominal pain and were diagnosed to have epiploic appendagitis. Follow-up computed tomography features correlated well with clinical improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Başkent University, School of Medicine, Ankara. nihalt@baskent-ank.edu.tr
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uslu Tutar
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozgül
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oğuz
authors.forename: Banu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: N Cağla
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Tarhan
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coşkun
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D044683:Colon, Descending / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging