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Torsion of epiploic appendices: An uncommon cause of acute abdomen

Apendiks epiploika torsiyonu: Nadir bir akut batın nedeni

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So primary epiploic appendagitis is a pathology that needs to be kept in mind in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A 7-year-old girl, presented to the pediatric emergency service with dull pain, localized in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen.
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Key Findings & Data:After our examination, she was operated due to the symptoms of acute abdomen.
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Conclusion & Impact:So primary epiploic appendagitis is a pathology that needs to be kept in mind in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen.
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Abstract

A 7-year-old girl, presented to the pediatric emergency service with dull pain, localized in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. After she was examined by emergency pediatricians, she had been consulted to our department with an initial diagnosis of an acute abdomen. After our examination, she was operated due to the symptoms of acute abdomen. During surgery, the appendix vermiformis appeared non-inflamed. But in detailed abdominal exploration, diagnosis of primary epiploic appendagitis due to the torsion of appendices epiploicae localized at the sigmoid colon was made. Primary epiploic appendagitis, an uncommon cause of acute abdomen, mimics surgical pathologies like acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute diverticulitis etc. So primary epiploic appendagitis is a pathology that needs to be kept in mind in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen.

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Yedi yaşındaki kız hasta sağ alt kadranda künt karın ağrısı ile hastanemiz çocuk acil servisine getirildi. Hasta, çocuk acil servisinde pediatri hekimleri tarafından değerlendirildikten sonra akut batın ön tanısıyla kliniğimize konsülte edildi. Hastada akut batın bulgularının olması nedeniyle hasta servisimize yatırılarak opere edildi. Hastada operasyon sırasında apendiks vermiformisin normal olduğu görüldü. Ancak sürdürülen karın eksplorasyonunda sigmoid kolon yerleşimli apendiks epiploikanın torsiyonuna bağlı primer apendajitis epiploika olduğu saptandı. Nadir bir akut batın nedeni olan primer apendajitis epiploika; yerleşim yerine göre akut apandisit, akut divertikülit, akut kolesistit gibi cerrahi müdahale gerektiren patolojileri taklit edebilir. Bu nedenle akut batın ayırıcı tanısında akılda tutulması gereken bir patolojidir.

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MERT, M., SAYAN, A., ÖRNEK, Y., ÖZDEMİR, T., KÖYLÜOĞLU, G. (2017). Torsion of epiploic appendices: An uncommon cause of acute abdomen. İzmir Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastanesi Dergisi, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 2, 161–163. https://ajindex.com/articles/200977

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