Epiploic appendagitis – clinical characteristics of an uncommon surgical diagnosis

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 appendicitis on clinical exam. The diagnosis of EA is very infrequent, due in part to low or absent...

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Autores principales: Sand, Michael, Gelos, Marcos, Bechara, Falk G, Sand, Daniel, Wiese, Till H, Steinstraesser, Lars, Mann, Benno
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1925058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17603914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-7-11

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1925058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17603914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-7-11

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