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Keywords:

abdominal pain [23]
acute appendicitis [1]
appendix [3]
case report [736]
chapmans point [1]
epiploic appendagitis [1]
osteopathic diagnosis [15]
osteopathic structural exam [7]
primary epiploic appendagitis (pea) [1]
rlq pain [1]
viscerosomatic reflex [6]

Abstract:

Acute epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain, often misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis or diverticulitis given similar clinical presentation and findings. The treatment is supportive care and is typically self-limited. The osteopathic structural exam can give insight into pathology and in this case, was suggestive of a non-appendiceal origin of her pain, in which emergent surgery could be avoided. Requiring computerized tomography to identify, acute epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.