Primary epiploic appendagitis: CT manifestations

Şirvanci M., Tekelioǧlu M. H., Duran C., Yardimci H., Onat L., Özer K.

Clinical Imaging, cilt.24, sa.6, ss.357-361, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0899-7071(00)00236-9
  • Dergi Adı: Clinical Imaging
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.357-361
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: acute abdomen, computed tomography, epiploic appendagitis, appendicitis, colon
  • İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Inflammation of an epiploic appendage is considered to be a rare cause of acute abdomen. Recently, it has been reported that typical computed tomography (CT) findings of primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA) provide a definitive diagnosis in most of the cases. However, since these papers are only few, they are easily overlooked by the practicing radiologists. Our purpose is to add four new cases to the existing literature and to perform a review of the literature. Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science Inc.