Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA) is a rare cause of abdominal acute or subacute complaints. Diagnosis of PEA is made when computed tomography (CT) reveals a characteristic lesion. We report on ...

A 39-year-old woman with a body mass index of 25.8 presented to our internal medicine clinic with a 5-day history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, abdominal fullness and frequent urination. The ...

Legend: Site = site of the pain; WBC = white blood cell count prior to surgery; EA = Epiploic appendagitis; RLQ = right lower quadrant; LLQ = left lower quadrant; NPF = no pathological finding; n.a. = ...

Background: Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a rare cause of focal abdominal pain in otherwise healthy patients with mild or absent secondary signs of abdominal pathology. It can mimick diverticulitis or ...

How would you recommend treating a woman, aged 30 years, who has intermittent right-lower-quadrant abdominal pain diagnosed on CT scan as epiploic appendagitis? The patient’s pain is frequently so ...