title: Recurrent abdominal pain and fever as clinical manifestations: epiploic appendagitis.
abstract: Epiploic appendagitis is a relatively rare disease which includes primary and secondary types. Typical manifestations of Primary Epiploic Appendagitis (PEA) are similar to appendicitis except that it is not usually accompanied with fever or leucocytosis, thus misdiagnosis of diverticulitis or appendicitis in clinical settings is common. In this study, we presented a case study of a patient diagnosed with PEA and recurrent abdominal pain and fever for four months The patient experienced persistent dull abdominal pain since four months age and after tolerating a recent episode of pain for two days, and developed a fewer of up to 39°C accompanied with chills. Clinical analysis and computed tomography (CT) were conducted to better understand PEA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital Ningbo 315010, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Cixi Third People's Hospital Cixi 315324, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Ganhua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: International Health Care Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yu'e
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qin
keywords: Epiploic appendagitis; clinical manifestations; computed tomography