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Postgrad Med J 1988;64:903-905 doi:10.1136/pgmj.64.757.903
  • Research Article

Primary appendicitis epiploicae mimicking acute appendicitis.

  1. A. J. McMahon,
  2. D. T. Hansell
  1. Department of Surgery, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.

      Abstract

      We report two cases of primary appendicitis epiploicae, caused by torsion, whose presentation mimicked acute appendicitis.

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