Acute epiploic appendagitis and its mimics

AK Singh, DA Gervais, PF Hahn, P Sagar… - Radiographics, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
Acute epiploic appendagitis most commonly manifests with acute lower quadrant pain. Its
clinical features are similar to those of acute diverticulitis or, less commonly, acute …

Epiploic appendagitis: an entity frequently unknown to clinicians—diagnostic imaging, pitfalls, and look-alikes

AT Almeida, L Melão, B Viamonte… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Epiploic appendagitis is an ischemic infarction of an epiploic appendage
caused by torsion or spontaneous thrombosis of the epiploic appendage central draining …

Insights into epiploic appendagitis

WJ Schnedl, R Krause, E Tafeit, M Tillich… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain. Diagnosis of epiploic appendagitis,
although infrequent, is easily made with CT or ultrasonography in experienced hands. As …

CT imaging findings of epiploic appendagitis: an unusual cause of abdominal pain

D Giambelluca, R Cannella, G Caruana… - Insights into …, 2019 - Springer
Epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain, determined by a benign self-
limiting inflammation of the epiploic appendages. It may manifest with heterogeneous …

Colonic diverticulitis: diagnostic value and appearance of inflamed diverticula–sonographic evaluation

A Hollerweger, P Macheiner, T Rettenbacher… - European …, 2001 - Springer
Acute bowel inflammation frequently originates from thin-walled diverticula of the colon. Not
the presence of diverticula, but the demonstration of an inflamed diverticulum, is diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics of primary epiploic appendagitis

YU Choi, PW Choi, YH Park, JI Kim… - Journal of the Korean …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA) is a rare cause of an acute abdomen. It can be
clinically misdiagnosed as either diverticulitis or appendicitis on clinical examination …

Epiploic appendagitis and omental infarction: pitfalls and look-alikes

ACVB Vriesman, J Puylaert - Abdominal imaging, 2002 - Springer
Epiploic appendagitis and omental infarction are benign self-limiting conditions that are
more frequent than generally assumed. Both disorders frequently mimic symptoms of an …

Epiploic appendagitis: is there need for surgery to confirm diagnosis in spite of clinical and radiological findings?

M Hasbahceci, C Erol, M Seker - World journal of surgery, 2012 - Springer
Background The present retrospective study was conducted to review the authors'
experience and describe clinical and radiologic features of epiploic appendagitis (EA) …

Epiploic appendagitis: an uncommon and easily misdiagnosed disease

JH CHEN, CC WU, PH WU - Journal of digestive diseases, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a rare cause of focal abdominal pain in otherwise
healthy patients. It may mimic diverticulitis, appendicitis or mesenteric infarction on clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The diagnostic dilemma of primary epiploic appendagitis and how to establish a diagnosis

S Gourgiotis, C Oikonomou, G Veloudis… - Oman medical …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA) is a relatively uncommon, non-surgical situation that
clinically mimics other conditions requiring surgery. In PEA, torsion and inflammation of an …