Primary epiploic appendagitis: the role of computed tomography in diagnosis.
Primary epiploic appendagitis is a rare entity that occurs due to torsion and inflammation of the epiploic appendages. Clinically, this entity may be mistaken for acute abdomen with resultant unnecessary surgery. In contrast to acute surgical abdomen, epiploic appendagitis usually does not require surgical treatment; most of the patients resolve with conservative management. Diagnosis can be achieved with imaging modalities of which computed tomography is the gold standard procedure. Herein, a patient who presented with acute abdomen like clinical picture, with the computed tomography demonstration of primary epiploic appendagitis, is presented.
Gurses
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Yeditepe University Hospital, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey. bengur0@yahoo.com
Ekci
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Akansel
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Kabakci
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Kucuk
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Kovanlikaya
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*