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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan-Feb;32(1):99-100.
doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.99.

Epiploic appendagitis: an uncommon nonsurgical cause of acute abdomen

Enrique Soto-Pérez-de-Celis  1 , Iliana González-Pezzat
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Case Reports

Epiploic appendagitis: an uncommon nonsurgical cause of acute abdomen

Enrique Soto-Pérez-de-Celis et al. Ann Saudi Med. 2012 Jan-Feb.
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Noncontrast computed tomography scan of the abdomen showing an oval lesion with fat attenuation and surrounded by inflammatory changes (arrow) characteristic of epiploic appendagitis at the ascending colon.
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