Torsion of appendices epiploicae presenting as acute abdomen: laparoscopic diagnosis and therapy

Pradeep K Chowbey; Gursharan Singh; Anil Sharma; Rajesh Khullar; Vandana Soni; Manish Baijal

Torsion of appendices epiploicae presenting as acute abdomen: laparoscopic diagnosis and therapy

Indian J Gastroenterol. 2003 Mar-Apr;22(2):68-9.

Authors

Pradeep K Chowbey¹, Gursharan Singh, Anil Sharma, Rajesh Khullar, Vandana Soni, Manish Baijal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 110 060. [email protected]

PMID: 12696833

Abstract

We report a 65-year-old man presenting with acute pain in the abdomen. Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed gangrenous torsion in one of the appendices epiploicae in the ascending colon. This was excised with harmonic scalpel.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdomen, Acute / etiology*
Aged
Colonic Diseases / complications
Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
Colonic Diseases / surgery
Humans
Laparoscopy*
Male
Torsion Abnormality