Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2022)

Acute epiploic appendagitis mimicking symptoms of urinary tract infection: A diagnostic enigma in the emergency department

  • Phool Iqbal,
  • Muhammad Murtaza,
  • Hafiz Waqar Younis,
  • Muhammad Abd Ur Rehman,
  • Ammara Bint I Bilal,
  • Sushil Niraula

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5275
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract The epiploic appendages (also known as appendices epiploicae) are usually located on the anti‐mesenteric surface of the colon, extending from the caecum to the rectosigmoid, and epiploic appendagitis (EA) is the inflammation of these appendages. We report a clinical image of epiploic appendagitis creating a diagnostic challenge.

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