Acute Epiploic Appendagitis: A Nonsurgical Abdominal Pain
Joint Authors
Pinto, Antonio
Di Serafino, Marco
Iacobellis, Francesca
Trovato, Piero
Stavolo, Ciro
Romano, Luigia
Brillantino, Antonio
Source
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-07-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Epiploic appendagitis is a relatively rare disease characterized by an inflammation of fat-filled serosal outpouchings of the large intestine, called epiploic appendices.
Diagnosis of epiploic appendagitis is made challenging by the lack of pathognomonic clinical features and should therefore be considered as a potential diagnosis by exclusion first of all with appendicitis or diverticulitis which are the most important causes of lower abdominal pain.
Currently, with the increasing use of ultrasound and computed tomography in the evaluation of acute abdominal pain, epiploic appendagitis can be diagnosed by characteristic diagnostic imaging features.
We present a case of epiploic appendagitis with objective of increasing knowledge of this disease and its diagnostic imaging findings, in order to reduce harmful and unnecessary surgical interventions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Di Serafino, Marco& Iacobellis, Francesca& Trovato, Piero& Stavolo, Ciro& Brillantino, Antonio& Pinto, Antonio…[et al.]. 2019. Acute Epiploic Appendagitis: A Nonsurgical Abdominal Pain. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Di Serafino, Marco…[et al.]. Acute Epiploic Appendagitis: A Nonsurgical Abdominal Pain. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Di Serafino, Marco& Iacobellis, Francesca& Trovato, Piero& Stavolo, Ciro& Brillantino, Antonio& Pinto, Antonio…[et al.]. Acute Epiploic Appendagitis: A Nonsurgical Abdominal Pain. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135968
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1135968