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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0034-7493</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Cirugía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Cir]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7493</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0034-74932018000400012</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apendagitis epiplóica primaria]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Primary epiploic appendagitis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores Salazar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Omar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Tovar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reyna Sepúlveda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz Maldonado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Monterrey Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>57</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-74932018000400012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-74932018000400012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-74932018000400012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La apendagitis epiploica primaria es una rara causa de dolor abdominal que puede simular cualquier otro cuadro de abdomen agudo. Esto hace de su diagnóstico un verdadero desafío. Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino de 22 años de edad, sin antecedentes de importancia que ingresó a la sala de emergencias con un cuadro de dolor abdominal de 36 horas de evolución. En la exploración física presentó dolor a la palpación en el flanco derecho. Se le realizó una tomografía axial de abdomen contrastada en la cual se observó una imagen redondeada con un halo hiperdenso con borramiento de planos grasos y cambios inflamatorios a su alrededor sin relación a otro órgano abdominal. Con estos hallazgos hicimos el diagnóstico de una apendagitis epiploica primaria. El paciente fue ingresado a la sala de internamiento para manejo del dolor y con mejoría clínica es egresado a las 48 horas asintomático. Si bien la apendagitis epiploica primaria es una causa infrecuente de dolor abdominal, consideramos que su conocimiento es relevante para evitar errores diagnósticos y terapéuticos que incrementan de forma innecesaria la morbilidad como el uso inadecuado de antibióticos y de recursos hospitalarios.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Primary epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain that may mimic any other acute abdomen condition. This makes its diagnosis a real challenge for physicians. Here is a 22 years-old male patient, with no significant history of diseases, who were admitted to the emergency room because he had suffered abdominal pain for 36 hours. The physical exam revealed pain on palpating the right flank. He underwent a contrasted computed tomography of abdomen which showed a rounded image with hyperdense halo, fat plane effacement and inflammatory changes around, which was unrelated to another abdominal organ. These findings allowed diagnosing primary epiploic appendagitis. The patient was hospitalized for pain management and was discharged 48 hours later with clinical improvement and no symptoms. Primary epiploic appendagitis is infrequent cause of abdominal pain, however, we consider that it is important to know it so as to avoid diagnostic and therapeutic mistakes that might unnecessarily increase morbidity and the inadequate use of antibiotics and of hospital resources.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendagitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirugía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[colorectal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[appendagitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[colorectal]]></kwd>
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