Conclusion Epiploic appendagitis is a surgical diagnosis with clinical features that may guide the surgeon to the right pre-operative diagnosis. In patients with localized, sharp, acute abdominal ...

Results Between January 2004 and December 2006 ten patients (3 females and 7 males, average age: 44.6 years, range: 27-76 years) were diagnosed with symptomatic epiploic appendagitis (EA).

Epiploic appendagitis is an uncommon, self-limiting inflammatory condition of the fat‐filled serosal outpouchings along the colon. Typically presenting with localised, sharp abdominal pain, it ...

Unlike appendicitis, in which the structure is anatomically normal, epiploic appendages are made of inflamed malformations of the serosal layers of the outer colonic wall.

Primary epiploic appendagitis: clinical and radiological manifestations. IMAJ 2000; 2: 896–898. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Schnedl WJ, Tillich M, Lipp RW . Image of the month.

Epiploic appendages are peritoneal pouches containing adipose tissue and blood vessels that protrude from the anti-mesenteric border of the colon. 1, 2 Epiploic appendagitis is characterized by ...