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 reported in the ...

A 33-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with a rapid onset of left flank pain. On examination, he had a temperature of 38.2°C and tenderness in the left lower quadrant with muscle ...

Background: Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a rare cause of focal abdominal pain in otherwise healthy patients with mild or absent secondary signs of abdominal pathology. It can mimick diverticulitis or ...

How would you recommend treating a woman, aged 30 years, who has intermittent right-lower-quadrant abdominal pain diagnosed on CT scan as epiploic appendagitis? The patient’s pain is frequently so ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Our patient is a 59-year-old man with a history of diabetes and HIV infection. He also has diffuse large B-cell ...

Legend: Site = site of the pain; WBC = white blood cell count prior to surgery; EA = Epiploic appendagitis; RLQ = right lower quadrant; LLQ = left lower quadrant; NPF = no pathological finding; n.a. = ...