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Primal affections of appendices epiploicae

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    The number, shape, size, location and function of appendices epiploicae make them susceptible to torsion and inflammation.

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    The paucity of case reports should not be accepted as indicative of the incidence of primal disease. The only cases published have been those that came to operation. Cases in which a torsion righted itself or inflammation subsided may very likely greatly outnumber those coming to operation. However, without operation the diagnosis can not be substantiated.

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    Based on the series at the Baylor Hospital and on the above reported cases, the incidence of appendices coming to operation, as compared with the incidence of patients requiring an appendectomy, is about 1:463.

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Bearse, C. Primal affections of appendices epiploicae. Amer. Jour. Dig. Dis. 19, 22–24 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02893195

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