title: Abdominal pain - learning when not to intervene!
abstract: Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain. It is a benign condition but may mimic other serious causes of acute abdomen such as appendicitis, diverticulitis, and gynecological emergency in severe cases. Knowledge of this condition in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain can save unnecessary hospital admission, antibiotics, and surgery. In this article, we present the case of a 43-year-old female who presented to our hospital with a 2-day history of right lower quadrant abdominal pain and diarrhea. She was diagnosed with EA with computed tomography of abdomen with contrast and was managed conservatively with good outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA, USA; niranjantachamo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tachamo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Bidhya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Timilsina
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Salik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nazir
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Saroj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lohani
keywords: abdominal CT; abdominal pain; conservative management; diverticulitis; epiploic appendage; epiploic appendagitis; hyperattenuating ring