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Epiploic appendagitis: conservative treatment

Appendagitis is an uncommon inflammatory abdominal disease, with good prognosis; nowadays it is being diagnosed more frequently because of advances in imaging methods. Clinical finding most often described was abdominal pain over left lower quadrant. Diagnosis is obtained through computed tomography. Recovery is uneventful under conservative treatment.

Abdominal Pain; Diagnosis; Epiploic Appendagitis; Treatment


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