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Case Reports

. 2010 Jun 15;182(9):939.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090791. Epub 2010 May 10.

Epiploic appendagitis

Philippe Leclercq¹, Laurent Dorthu

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PMID: 20457774
PMCID: PMC2882454
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090791

Case Reports

Epiploic appendagitis

Philippe Leclercq et al. CMAJ. 2010.

. 2010 Jun 15;182(9):939.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090791. Epub 2010 May 10.

Authors

Philippe Leclercq¹, Laurent Dorthu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Hôpital du Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium.

PMID: 20457774
PMCID: PMC2882454
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090791

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Figure 1
Computed tomography of the abdomen of a 33-year-old man with left flank pain. (A) The axial view shows an oval-shaped, paracolic mass with the density of fat (arrow). (B) The frontal view shows a paracolic mass with thickened peritoneal lining and periappendiceal fat stranding (arrow).

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