[A young woman with acute abdominal pain]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2012;156(12):A3409.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 21-year-old woman reported to the first aid with acute pain in the right lower abdomen since 5 days, diarrhoea and nausea. There was no fever or muscular guarding, and no signs of inflammation in the blood screening. An ultrasound and a CT-scan of the abdomen showed an ovoid, fatty mass compatible with an appendagitis epiploica. This self-limiting disease does not need treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Adipose Tissue / abnormalities*
  • Appendix*
  • Colon, Ascending / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Torsion Abnormality / complications*
  • Torsion Abnormality / diagnosis
  • Young Adult