Epiploic appendagitis: An overlooked cause of acute abdominal pain

Figure 2 Computed tomography-scan findings of acute epiploic appendagitis. A and B: In a 43-year-old woman: Axial (A); Coronal contrast-enhanced computed tomography-scan (B). Acute epiploic appendagitis in a 43-year-old man. A well-defined, oval-shaped fat density nodule is seen adherent to the anterior wall of the cecum, measuring 24 cm × 1.6 cm. It has a thick rim and is surrounded by mild fat stranding. This is in keeping with epiploic appendagitis; C and D: In a 35-year-old woman: Axial (C); Coronal contrast-enhanced computed tomography-scan (D). Acute epiploic appendagitis in a 35-year-old woman. An oval-shaped fat-density nodule is noted in the left lower abdomen abutting the anterior wall of the distal descending colon with mild surrounding fat stranding.