Epiploic appendagitis: color Doppler sonographic findings

The aim of this study was to analyze the color Doppler sonographic findings in primary epiploic appendagitis. Color Doppler sonographic findings of ten patients with primary epiploic appendagitis were reviewed. The following sonographic features were analyzed: identification of a mass adjacent to th...

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Published in:European radiology 2001-01, Vol.11 (2), p.183-186
Main Authors: Danse, E M, Van Beers, B E, Baudrez, V, Pauls, C, Baudrez, Y, Kartheuser, A, Thys, F, Pringot, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen, Acute - diagnostic imaging
Abdomen, Acute - physiopathology
Adolescent
Adult
Appendicitis - diagnosis
Birth control
Blood Flow Velocity
Colitis - diagnostic imaging
Colitis - physiopathology
Colon - blood supply
Colon - diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Infarction - diagnostic imaging
Infarction - physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Rupture, Spontaneous
Surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
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Summary:The aim of this study was to analyze the color Doppler sonographic findings in primary epiploic appendagitis. Color Doppler sonographic findings of ten patients with primary epiploic appendagitis were reviewed. The following sonographic features were analyzed: identification of a mass adjacent to the colonic wall; identification of spotty color areas with arterial flow in this mass and detection of abnormalities of the colonic wall adjacent to the infiltrated fatty tissue. A well-delineated hyperechoic mass adjacent to the colonic wall was detected in each patient with sonography. No colonic wall abnormalities were observed nor color Doppler signal in and around the hyperechoic area. Absence of flow at color Doppler sonography is an additional feature of epiploic appendagitis.
ISSN:0938-7994
1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s003300000672