CT MANIFESTATIONS OF INFARCTED EPIPLOIC APPENDAGES OF THE COLON

Authors
TORRES GM ABBITT PL WEEKS M
Citation
Gm. Torres et al., CT MANIFESTATIONS OF INFARCTED EPIPLOIC APPENDAGES OF THE COLON, Abdominal imaging, 19(5), 1994, pp. 449-450
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
449 - 450
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1994)19:5<449:CMOIEA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Two patients presenting with acute onset of left lower abdominal pain due to infarcted epiploic appendages are the subject of this report. C omputed tomography (CT) in both cases showed localized pericolic infla mmatory changes corresponding to the location of infarcted epiploic ap pendages on the serosal aspect of the descending colon or sigmoid. The clinical and radiological findings of this entity are briefly describ ed.