appendagitis

An older, nonspecific term for inflammation of any “appendage” (e.g., epiploic appendages); now known as epiploic appendices (appendices epiploicae [NA6]).

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Further imaging with an intravenous contrast enhanced CT scan of the abdomen showed a hyperdense rim lesion anteriorly, adjacent to the sigmoid colon in the left lower quadrant, along with inflammatory stranding that was consistent with epiploic appendagitis (EA) (Figure 1B).

UNUSUAL CAUSES OF THE ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN: IMAGING AND CLINICAL FINDINGS

Epiploic appendagitis mimics acute abdomen or is a condition associated with acute abdomen, although it is usually not treated by emergent surgical intervention and has characteristic findings on computed tomography (1).

Can elongation of the ileum by epiploic appendagitis result in acute abdomen?

However, several surgical and medical emergencies, including appendicitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, epiploic appendagitis, and sclerosing mesenteritis may clinically resemble renal stone complaints.

Clinical Mimickers of Renal Stones: Incidental Findings on Renal Stone Computed Tomography Protocol

Epiploic appendagitis is a relatively rare inflammatory condition of the fat-filled serosal outpouchings of the colon resulting from the obstruction of blood flow within the tissue [1, 2].

Epiploic Appendagitis Mimicking Recurrent Diverticulitis

Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain caused by inflammation of an epiploic appendage.

Recurrent epiploic appendagitis mimicking appendicitis and cholecystitis

CT scans are routinely performed nowadays both to diagnose acute appendicitis and to identify mimics such as right ureteric calculus, epiploic appendagitis, torsion of a Meckel's diverticulum, mesenteric adenitis, inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, gynaecological disorders, and right-sided diverticulitis [4].

Malignant Tumours Mimicking Complicated Appendicitis and Discovered upon Follow-Up after Percutaneous Drainage: A Case of Two Patients

Fat stranding that is disproportionately more severe than the degree of wall thickening is a finding that suggests inflammatory diseases such as diverticulitis, appendicitis, or epiploic appendagitis.

Imaging infection and inflammation of the terminal ileocecal region: Emphasis on typhoid

The clinical differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain depends on age and localization of the pain and includes acute pancreatitis, acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, gastroduodenal ulcer, diverticulitis, epiploic appendagitis, and other intra-abdominal inflammatory conditions.

Primary Torsion of Lesser Omentum Presented with Acute Abdomen and Successfully Managed with Laparoscopic Surgery

Inflammation of epiploic appendices, primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA), is a rare cause of acute abdomen.

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

CT showed a pericolic oval lesion of fat attenuation with a hyper-attenuating ring and central dot sign in the same region that was diagnostic for epiploic appendagitis (EA); (Figure 2).

Primary epiploic appendagitis mimicking acute abdomen in emergency department

Objective: Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a rare entity caused by the inflammation of the appendix epiploica.

Epiploic appendagitis, an uncommon cause of abdominal pain: a case series and review of the literature