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

Chowbey, P.K.; Singh, G.; Sharma, A.; Khullar, R.; Soni, V.; Baijal, M.

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology 22(2): 68-69

2003

ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8860
PMID: 12696833
Document Number: 559729
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.

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