Epiploic appendagitis: color Doppler sonographic findings

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 183 - 186
• Main Authors: Danse, E M, Van Beers, B E, Baudrez, V, Pauls, C, Baudrez, Y, Kartheuser, A, Thys, F, Pringot, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Nature B.V 01-01-2001
• Subjects: Abdomen, Acute - diagnostic imaging; Abdomen, Acute - physiopathology; Adolescent; Adult; Appendicitis - diagnosis; Birth control; Blood Flow Velocity; Colitis - diagnostic imaging; Colitis - physiopathology; Colon - blood supply; Colon - diagnostic imaging; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Infarction - diagnostic imaging; Infarction - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Rupture, Spontaneous; Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
• ISSN: 0938-7994; 1432-1084
• DOI: 10.1007/s003300000672

The aim of this study was to analyze the color Doppler sonographic findings in primary epiploic appendagitis. Color Doppler sonographic findings of ten patients with primary epiploic appendagitis were reviewed. The following sonographic features were analyzed: identification of a mass adjacent to the colonic wall; identification of spotty color areas with arterial flow in this mass and detection of abnormalities of the colonic wall adjacent to the infiltrated fatty tissue. A well-delineated hyperechoic mass adjacent to the colonic wall was detected in each patient with sonography. No colonic wall abnormalities were observed nor color Doppler signal in and around the hyperechoic area. Absence of flow at color Doppler sonography is an additional feature of epiploic appendagitis.