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Acute epiploic appendagitis in hernia sac: CT appearance

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We describe an unusual cause of acute abdomen due to acute epiploic appendagitis located within an incisional hernia sac. The contrast-enhanced CT showed an oval fat density structure with surrounding inflammation in the transverse mesocolon. The contrast-enhanced CT findings of the inflammation of appendices epiploicae of the transverse colon were diagnostic in this case.

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  1. Division of Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Wh 270, Massachusetts General hospital, 55 Fruit street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Ajay K. Singh, Debra Gervais, James Rhea, Peter Mueller & Robert A. Noveline

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Singh, A.K., Gervais, D., Rhea, J. et al. Acute epiploic appendagitis in hernia sac: CT appearance. Emerg Radiol 11, 226–227 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-004-0391-y

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