Epiploic appenda- gitis: is there need for surgery to confirm diagnosis on spite of clinical and radiological findings? World J Surg 2012; 36: 441-446.Hasbahceci M, Erol C, Seker M. Epiploic appendagitis: is there need for surgery to confirm diagnosis in spite of clinical and ...
It states that the patient was diagnosed with epiploic appendagitis and was given with one-week course of ibuprofen. It adds that causes of epiploic appendagitis include lymphoid hyperplasia, torsion, and colitis.关键词: Aortic diseases Anorexia nervosa Body Mass Index ...
Background:Epiploic appendagitis is an ischemic infarction of an epiploic appendage caused by torsion or spontaneous thrombosis of the central draining vein. Epiploic appendagitis is self-limited without surgery, and it is imperative for clinicians to be
Epiploic appendagitis of caecum: a diagnostic dilemma Epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of acute abdomen. Depending on the site of occurrence, it can mimic any cause of acute abdomen or disease of the colon and caecal appendix; making its preoperative diagnosis very difficult. We presen...
Epiploic Appendagitis 31 related questions found How long can epiploic appendagitis last? The inflammation may cause secondary thickening of the parietal peritoneum, and the colon wall may be inflamed as well [2]. Although the patient's clinical symptoms usually resolve within 2 weeks, CT findi...
The appendix epiploica has no known function. Inflammation of the appendix epiploica is called appendagitis. Appendagitis and torsion will mimic appendicitis or acute abdomen. This condition usually responds to antibiotic therapy, but surgery is indicated if infarction occurs. There are very few ...
Discussion: Managing epiploic appendagitis with antibiotics is shown to have no effect on patient outcomes, while opioid use for pain control did not affect the length of hospital stay but it reduced the number of readmissions when compared to simple analgesics alone.Tan,...
A 9-year-old boy presented with acute onset of abdominal pain and vomiting. History, physical examination, and initial laboratory testing failed to provide a diagnosis. A computed tomography scan revealed the rare finding of epiploic appendagitis. We review the literature of this rare, but incre...
Primary epiploic appendagitis is an inflammation of the epiploic appendages occurring due to ischemic infarction as a result of appendage torsion or spontaneous thrombosis usually affecting patients from second to fifth decades, being more common in women and obese patients. It is a self-limiting en...