Malik Kamran Ahmad
Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Oman Med J. 2010 Jul;25(3):225-6. doi: 10.5001/omj.2010.62.
Torsion of an epiploic appendix is a rare surgical entity. Its unusual symptomatology, wide variation in physical findings and the absence of helpful laboratory and radiological studies makes it very difficult to diagnose pre-operatively. This is a report of this rare entity found in a patient upon diagnostic laparoscopy performed for suspected acute appendicitis.