title: Intraabdominal focal fat infarction in a 75-year-old woman presenting as acute abdomen.
abstract: Epiploic appendagitis is a rare, self-limiting inflammation of the epiploic appendices or omental appendices. It presents as abdominal pain often misdiagnosed as appendicitis, cholecystitis, or diverticulitis. Epiploic appendagitis can be treated conservatively with anti-inflammatory and pain medications. It is important to diagnose this etiology of abdominal pain in order to avoid long-term hospital stay and other medical expenses including surgery. In this case report we present a rare case of epiploic appendagitis that presents in a 75 year old female patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11237, USA. drshitij@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Shitij
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Hemant
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Prachi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Frantz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duffoo
authors.forename: Thara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Basavaiah
authors.forename: Jigar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Afzal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hossain
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed