A rare cause of abdominal pain: Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA)
Citation
Erkan, G., Gezen, C. ve Bilgin, S. Ş. (2016). A rare cause of abdominal pain: Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA). Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, 7(4), 567-569. https://dx.doi.org/10.4328/JCAM.4436Abstract
Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA) is a rare disease caused by torsion or spontaneous thrombosis of the central vein that drains epiploic appendages (EA). Primary Epiploic Appendagitis (PEA) is an ischemic infarction. Although PEA is a self-limiting disease and does not require surgical intervention in most cases, it may mimic diseases that require surgical intervention or aggressive medical therapy, such as appendicitis, diverticulitis, or cholecystitis. In order to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention, PEA should be kept in mind when patients present with acute abdominal pain. In this report, we present a PEA case admitted with abdominal pain. Primer epiploik appendajitis (PEA), epiploik apendiksleri drene eden santral venin torsiyon yada spontan trombozu sonucu gelişen nadir bir hastalıktır. Sıklıkla kendini sınırlar ve cerrahi tedavi gerektirmez, ancak cerrahi girişim yada agresif medikal tedavi gerektiren appandisit, divertikülit yada kolesistit gibi tabloları taklit edebilir. Akut karın ağrısıyla başvuran hastalarda gereksiz cerrahi girişimi önlemek adına PEA akılda bulundurulmalıdır. Biz de karın ağrısıyla başvuran ve PEA tanısı alan bir olgumuzu sunacağız.