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Core curriculum illustration: epiploic appendagitis

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This is the 45th installment of a series that will highlight one case per publication issue from the bank of cases available online as part of the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) educational resources. Our goal is to generate more interest in and use of our online materials. To view more cases online, please visit the ASER Core Curriculum and Recommendations for Study online at: http://www.erad.org/page/CCIP_TOC.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Av. Fernando Abril Martorell, 106, 46026, Valencia, Spain

    Alexandre Perez-Girbes & Alberto Alegre

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Ken F. Linnau

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Perez-Girbes, A., Alegre, A. & Linnau, K.F. Core curriculum illustration: epiploic appendagitis. Emerg Radiol 27, 221–222 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-017-1562-y

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