Recurrent abdominal pain and fever as clinical manifestations: epiploic appendagitis.

Lin Li, Zhe Shen, Lei Xu, Ganhua Guo, Yu'e Qin

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lin LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.

Zhe ShenDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.

Lei XuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital Ningbo 315010, Zhejiang Province, China.

Ganhua GuoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Cixi Third People's Hospital Cixi 315324, Zhejiang Province, China.

Yu'e QinInternational Health Care Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.

First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNNingbo First Hospital · CNWuxi Third People's Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Epiploic appendagitis is a relatively rare disease which includes primary and secondary types. Typical manifestations of Primary Epiploic Appendagitis (PEA) are similar to appendicitis except that it is not usually accompanied with fever or leucocytosis, thus misdiagnosis of diverticulitis or appendicitis in clinical settings is common. In this study, we presented a case study of a patient diagnosed with PEA and recurrent abdominal pain and fever for four months The patient experienced persistent dull abdominal pain since four months age and after tolerating a recent episode of pain for two days, and developed a fewer of up to 39°C accompanied with chills. Clinical analysis and computed tomography (CT) were conducted to better understand PEA.

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