Chou Yi-Hong, Chen Jen-Dar, Tiu Chui-Mei, Chen Siew-Peng, Chiang Jen-Huey, Lin Jen-Kou, Lui Wing-Yiu
Department of Radiology, Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 11217, China.
J Clin Ultrasound. 2006 Nov-Dec;34(9):450-3. doi: 10.1002/jcu.20252.
A 24-year-old man presented with lower abdominal pain that had been present for 18 hours. Physical examination revealed mild tenderness in the lower abdomen. Digital rectal examination revealed a tender point approximately 9 cm above the anal verge. Transrectal sonographic examination demonstrated an ovoid echogenic noncompressible mass surrounded by a hypoechoic halo attached to the wall of the rectosigmoid junction. A diagnosis of epiploic appendagitis was made on the basis of sonographic findings and was subsequently confirmed with contrast-enhanced CT.
