Korean J Gastroenterol.  2019 May;73(5):308-310. 10.4166/kjg.2019.73.5.308.

An Epiploic Appendagitis with Right Lower Abdominal Pain

• Kim WS
• Kim HJ

• KMID: 2447602
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2019.73.5.308

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Contrast enhanced computed tomography scan (A: axial section view, B: coronal section view) of epiploic appendagitis reveals fat containing ovoid nodular lesion with rim enhance adjacent to the ascending colon (arrows).

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  Fig. 2 Contrast enhanced computed tomography scan cases of epiploic appendagitis. (A) A 42 years old female admit the emergency room with left lower quadrant pain for 5 days, the axial view showed the rim enhanced fat infiltration adjacent descending colon (arrow). (B) The another axial section view of the same patients. It shows fatty density oval mass surrounded by hyperattenuated rim around the sigmoid colon (arrow).

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