Epiploic appendagitis diagnosis linked to intestinal symptoms: Case reports
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Case Report Primary Epiploic Appendagitis: 3 case reports
Acute Epiploic Appendagitis is a rare self limiting disease that represents ischaemic infarction of an epiploic appendix. It is usually discovered incidentally on imaging of abdomen done for other causes of acute abdominal pain. It is difficult to diagnose clinically due to the lack of pathognomonic clinical features, since it is characterized by a sudden onset of sharp localized pain either in...
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Figura 1 A imagem de tomografia computorizada no plano axial após contraste endovenoso mostra uma lesão lipomatosa pericólica com halo hiperatenuante (seta) e ligeira densificação de partes moles locorregional. Não foi apreciado espessamento da parede do cólon (asterisco). Figura 2 A reconstrução coronal mostra o apêndice epiplóico inflamado (seta) com hiperdensidade linear central, provavelmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Research and Therapy
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2198-4093,2198-4093
DOI: 10.15419/bmrat.v7i10.643