Open AccessPharmacotherapy Plays Main Role in Managing Acute Epiploic Appendagitis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Touraj Asvadi-Kermani,
Farnaz Naeimzadeh,
Javad Jalili,
Haleh Rezaee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2322-4630
pISSN - 2322-4509
DOI - 10.18502/jpc.v8i2.3836
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoid colon , abdominal pain , medical diagnosis , incidence (geometry) , differential diagnosis , radiology , surgery , rectum , pathology , physics , optics
Epiploic appendagitis is natural fats at the anti-mesenchymal surface of the colon. EP is self- limited. Misdiagnosis can lead to unnecessary hospitalization, antibiotic therapy, and surgical intervention. The incidence reported 8.8 cases / million / year. Here, we report on 36-year-old female patient who presented with acute abdominal pain that was getting worse with the change of position. Based on these symptoms and double contrast computed tomography, she was diagnosed with epiploic appendagitis in adjacent to the sigmoid. The patient was treated successfully with conservative management and antibiotics. Since the signs and symptoms of epiploic appendagitis are nonspecific, but considering of this disease as one of the differential diagnoses of acute abdominal pain can prevent the disease from misdiagnosing.