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25.09.2018 | Classics in Abdominal Radiology
The central dot sign of epiploic appendagitis
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Hamed Nejadhamzeeigilani
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Epiploic appendagitis is the acute inflammation and infarction of epiploic appendages, commonly secondary to torsion. It is a great mimicker as its clinical manifestation may be similar to appendicitis, diverticulitis, or colitis. Focal abdominal pain, tenderness, and mild pyrexia are clinical features of the condition [
1]. Epiploic appendages are pedunculated adipose structures which extend from the serosal surface of the colon, along the free taenia and taenia omentalis. They are abundant in the caecum and sigmoid colon and absent in the rectum [
2]. …