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To cut or not to cut: a case of epiploic appendagitis
  1. Zishan Sheikh,
  2. Caron Parsons
  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Coventry, Coventry, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Zishan Sheikh, Radiology Department, University Hospital Coventry, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK; zishan{at}doctors.org.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134679

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    • Contributors ZS wrote initial draft of manuscript. CP reviewed the initial draft and provided proofing comments including supervision of manuscript preparation.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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