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EPIPERICARDIAL FAT NECROSIS. [PDF]
Introduction: Epipericardial fat necrosis (EFN) is a relatively rare benign disease that causes acute chest pain. Case Description: A woman in her 20s presented with acute left shoulder and epigastric pain. One day before presentation, she had visited a cardiologist and an acute coronary syndrome had been ruled out.
Otaka Y +3 more
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Fat necrosis: A consultant’s conundrum [PDF]
Fat necrosis of the breast is a benign non-suppurative inflammation of the adipose tissue and often mimics breast cancers, posing a diagnostic challenge for the clinician and radiologist.
Jinita Majithia +7 more
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Background: A 64-year-old man presented with acute left chest pain of 3 days duration. The pain increased during palpation of the 6th and 7th anterior intercostal spaces. The physical examination, ECG and laboratory tests were normal.
G Mazzamuto, B Ghaye
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Spectrum of orbital fat necrosis in rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in post-COVID-19 patients [PDF]
Purpose: Rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis (ROCM) is the most common presentation of mucormycosis. Sinonasal–orbital debridement with exenteration is a life-saving procedure in ROCM patients in view of severe involvement of sinuses and the eyeball ...
Akanksha Agrawal +4 more
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Encapsulated Mesenteric Fat Necrosis
A 33-year-old female presented at the emergency department with a 36-hour history of peri-umbilical pain associated with anorexia and nausea. On physical examination, she was tender to palpation in the right lower quadrant. Psoas sign was absent, and there was no rebound tenderness. Laboratory examination revealed slightly elevated neutrophil count and
Isabelle De Kock, Louke Delrue
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Epipericardial fat necrosis: A case report [PDF]
Epipericardial fat necrosis is a rare cause of acute pleuritic chest pain and is a benign and self-limiting condition. It is important to distinguish epipericardial fat necrosis from other diseases that cause acute chest pain, such as acute myocardial ...
Fumiaki Fukamatsu, MD +5 more
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Epipericardial fat necrosis and COVID-19 [PDF]
Background: Epipericardial fat necrosis (EFN) is a rare and self-limiting cause of acute chest pain. We describe a case of EFN in a patient with a recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Mohsin Haseeb +3 more
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Encapsulated Abdominal Fat Necrosis
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Rita Magalhães +2 more
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Fat Necrosis in Single Perforator Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery and Superficial Epigastric Artery Perforator Free Flaps: A Prospective Randomized Study [PDF]
Background:. The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is the standard of care in autologous breast reconstruction. The superficial inferior epigastric artery perforator flap (SIEA) is an alternative reconstructive option, with the compromise ...
Rebecca L.R. Miller, MD +7 more
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Epipericardial fat necrosis, the overlooked culprit behind chest pain: a case report [PDF]
Background Epipericardial fat necrosis is a rare, self-limiting cause of acute chest pain, which is often misdiagnosed owing to its nonspecific presentation and it being a relatively unknown entity to radiologists.
Thomas Saliba +2 more
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