title: [Epiploic appendagitis: clinical and radiological aspects].
abstract: Epiploic appendagitis is an uncommon inflammatory abdominal disease. Data of 44 patients with a clinical diagnosis of appendagitis were retrospectively evaluated regarding laboratory and imaging findings. They were admitted to Barra D'Or Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, from February 2005 to September 2006. Eighty-two percent were male and 18 were female, with median age of 44.7 years. The most frequent laboratory findings were hematuria in urinalysis and leucocitosis, presenting in 5% of cases each. Diagnosis was obtained through computed tomography showing paracolic oval lesions, mainly over the descending colon in 52% of patients. Patients were treated with analgesics and anti-inflammatory in an outpatient basis. Recovery was uneventful under conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Serviços de Clínica Médica, Hospital Barra D'OR, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. guspignaton@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gustavo Pignaton de
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Adriana de Almeida
authors.initials: Ade A
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.forename: Cláudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Maria Chiara
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chindamo
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055815:Young Adult