Epiploic Appendagitis

Case contributed by Farhad Farzam , 30 Jul 2020
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Ammar Haouimi, 30 Jul 2020

Updates to Case Attributes

Body was changed:

Epiploic appendagitis is an uncommon self-limiting ischemicischaemic/inflammatory process involving appendix epiploicepiploica of the colon, causing acute focal abdominal pain. 

  • -<p>Epiploic appendagitis is an uncommon self-limiting ischemic/inflammatory process involving appendix epiploic of the colon, causing acute focal abdominal pain. </p>
  • +<p>Epiploic appendagitis is an uncommon self-limiting ischaemic/inflammatory process involving appendix epiploica of the colon, causing acute focal abdominal pain. </p>
Age changed from 20 Years to 20 years.

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

A small, ovoid, fat lesion of fatty density lesion with a high-attenuation margin and mild surrounding fat stranding, adjacent to the distal descending colon in the left iliac fossa, representing epiploic appendagitis. 

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