Bacteremia Secondary to Epiploic Appendagitis (EA)

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2023 Aug 11

PMID 37565111

Authors

Daniella Abramov

Rachel Daniel

James R Pellegrini Jr

Ana P Rivera

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Abstract

Epiploic appendages are fat-filled sacs that are generally located along the surface of the large intestine. In most cases, epiploic appendagitis (EA) is described as an ischemic infarction of an epiploic appendage as the result of torsion or spontaneous thrombosis of the central draining vein of the epiploic appendage. The patient described in this report presented with a sudden onset of diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and fever. CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with oral contrast revealed EA of the sigmoid colon. Along the course of the admission, the patient became septic with blood cultures growing . In this case, we present a rare presentation of sepsis in the setting of EA, a usually uncomplicated and self-resolving presentation of abdominal pain.

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