Clinical case study on epiploic appendagitis

Authors

  • Carlos Omar Blacio Villa
  • Jami Carrera Jeanneth Elizabeth
  • María Grazia Teneda Espín
  • Christian Vicente Sogso Chano

Keywords:

Abdominal pain, acute surgical abdomen, epiploic appendix, appendagitis, appendicitis

Abstract

Introduction: Epiploic appendagitis is an acute inflammation affecting the epiploic appendages of the colon. Objective: The aim of the study was to characterize epiploic appendagitis through the results obtained in a case study of a patient.

Methods: The epidemiological study, of descriptive level, was a clinical case that consisted of a 30-year-old Ecuadorian male patient, who presented in June 2022 at the emergency department with acute abdominal pain of moderate intensity, located in the left iliac fossa, without other symptomatology, simulating acute appendicitis.

Results: The examination showed positive MC Burney. Ultrasound of the abdomen and pelvis showed no lesions, CT showed a hyperdense nodular structure with lobulated edges in the medial wall of the descending colon compatible with appendagitis. Laparotomy showed torsion of epiploic fat and epiploic appendix at sigma level with signs of ischemia and necrosis, which was removed, normal cecal appendix.

Conclusions: In the present study we report the case of this 30-year-old male patient with a clinical history of achondroplasia who was admitted for abdominal pain in which, due to persistence of pain despite oral and parenteral analgesics, laparotomy was decided and the evolution was favorable. The authors of this study discuss the clinical case and the need for surgical treatment of the patient, as well as his favorable evolution, in the hope that it will serve as an experience for patients and health personnel who may have to face similar cases in the future.

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Published

2023-07-02

How to Cite

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Blacio Villa CO, Jeanneth Elizabeth JC, Teneda Espín MG, Sogso Chano CV. Clinical case study on epiploic appendagitis. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2023 Jul. 2 [cited 2025 Aug. 1];42(2). Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/2888