Epiploic appendagitis: a commonly undiagnosed non‐surgical acute abdominal emergency-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Epiploic appendagitis: a commonly undiagnosed non‐surgical acute abdominal emergency

Published:2023-07 Issue:7 Volume:53 Page:1265-1268
ISSN:1444-0903
Container-title:Internal Medicine Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Internal Medicine Journal

Author:

Ekladious Adel¹²³,Bhandari Ritesh¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of General Medicine Royal Hobart Hospital Hobart Tasmania Australia

2. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia Australia

3. Department of General Medicine and Acute Assessment Unit Canberra Hospital Canberra ACT Australia

Abstract

AbstractEpiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of acute abdomen and is diagnostically challenging as it mimics common causes of acute abdomen. However, advancements in computerised tomography/Ultrasound imaging have improved the frequency and confidence of diagnosing epiploic appendagitis, preventing unnecessary surgeries. We present a case of an acute abdomen who had to undergo laparoscopy before being diagnosed with epiploic appendagitis, underscoring the difficulty in diagnosis.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Internal Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/imj.16157

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