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ArticleCureus2022

Epiploic Appendagitis Mimicking Acute Appendicitis: An Osteopathic Case Report.

Justin Chin, Basilia Oseguera, Kevin Hon, Christine M Lomiguen, Thomas McBride

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Justin ChinFamily Medicine, LifeLong Medical Care, Richmond, USA.
Basilia OsegueraFamily Medicine, LifeLong Medical Care, Richmond, USA.
Kevin HonEmergency Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, New York, USA.
Christine M LomiguenFamily Medicine, LECOM Health Millcreek Community Hospital, Erie, USA.
Thomas McBrideFamily Medicine, LifeLong Medical Care, Richmond, USA.
Community Hospital · USLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine · USLife Care Institute of Medical Sciences & Research · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain, often misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis or diverticulitis given similar clinical presentation and findings. The treatment is supportive care and is typically self-limited. The osteopathic structural exam can give insight into pathology and in this case, was suggestive of a non-appendiceal origin of her pain, in which emergent surgery could be avoided. Requiring computerized tomography to identify, acute epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

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abdominal painacute appendicitisappendixchapmans pointepiploic appendagitisosteopathic manipulative medicineosteopathic structural examprimary epiploic appendagitis (pea)rlq painviscerosomatic reflex

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PMID36654652
PMCPMC9840429
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