Primary Epiploic Appendagitis As a Rare Cause of Localized Abdominal Pain: Imaging Findings

Disorders of the epiploic appendages are rare, usually affecting the middle age group. Primary epiploic appendagitis is an inflammatory and ischemic condition that results from torsion, spontaneous venous thrombosis, or inflammation of one of the hundreds of appendices epiploicae. In this article, we present a patient with primary epiploic appendagitis diagnosed by ultrasonography and computed tomography scan, and discuss the important clinical and radiological manifestations of this disease.