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Acta Médica Costarricense
On-line version ISSN 0001-6002Print version ISSN 0001-6012
Abstract
SAYAGO-CASTRO, Daniel. Torsión de un apéndice epiploico. Reporte de 2 casos: características ecográficas y tomográficas. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2002, vol.44, n.1, pp.34-35. ISSN 0001-6002.
Acute infarction of an appendix epiploica results in an inflammatory process localizad to the affected portion of the colon and the adjacent greater omentum. The primary epiploic apendagitis has fairly characteristic US and CT features that contribute to a rapid diagnosis and help in the hand ling of the patient. We present here two cases recently seen by the author that illustrate this condition.