Epiploic appendagitis - a rare cause of acute lower abdominal pain
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[Epiploic appendagitis: a rare cause of abdominal pain].
BACKGROUND Epiploic appendagitis is an atypical cause of abdominal pain whose knowledge could avoid diagnostic or treatment errors. Diagnosis has been performed with abdominal ultrasound or tomography with the only treatment being nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. OBJECTIVE To analyze patients diagnosed in our hospital. METHODS We performed a 4-year retrospective and descriptive study (...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology Case Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.02.026