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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0186-2391</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta pediátrica de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta pediatr. Méx]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-2391</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Pediatría]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-23912016000200088</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apendicitis epiploica. Causa poco común de abdomen agudo en niños. Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Epiploic appendicitis a rare cause of acute abdomen in children. Report of a case and review of the literatura]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Solórzano-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[SA]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[SA]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Laurindo-Mariano de Oliveira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[G]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arredondo-Villanueva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JG]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ridaura-Sanz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Pediatría Radióloga Pediatra ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Pediatría Alta Especialidad en Radiología Pediátrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Pediatría Cirugía Pediátrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Pediatría Jefatura del Servicio de Patología Postmortem ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>88</fpage>
<lpage>93</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-23912016000200088&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-23912016000200088&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-23912016000200088&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  ANTECEDENTE:  la apendicitis epiploica es el infarto hemorrágico de un apéndice epiploico cuando existe torsión u ocurre una trombosis espontánea de su drenaje venoso central. Generalmente su diagnóstico es incidental en estudios radiológicos de abdomen que se realizan por otras causas de dolor abdominal. Clínicamente puede simular un cuadro de abdomen agudo, principalmente quirúrgico en niños. Por ello, es importante conocer esta entidad, ya que su diagnóstico correcto hace innecesaria la hospitalización y la cirugía. Por lo general, la apendicitis epiploica se resuelve espontáneamente en cinco a siete días y sólo requiere tratamiento con analgésicos. La mayoría de los casos han sido descritos en pacientes adultos; sin embargo, el caso que presentamos es el segundo diagnosticado en el Instituto Nacional de Pediatría.  CASO CLÍNICO:  niño de 9 años con diagnóstico clínico presuntivo de apendicitis, se diagnosticó por ultrasonido y tomografía computada como apendicitis epiploica, lo que se corroboró en la pieza anatomopatológica.  CONCLUSIONES:  nuestro propósito es describir la apendicitis epiploica en niños como causa de abdomen agudo, así como los hallazgos clínicos, ultrasonográficos, de tomografía computada e histopatológicos de esta patología como causa rara de abdomen agudo. Es importante que se conozca el valor de los estudios de imagen de esta entidad a fin de evitar tratamientos invasivos innecesarios.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Epiploic appendicitis is a hemorrhagic infarction of an epiploic appendix, caused by a spontaneous twist or thrombosis. Usually the diagnosis is incidental in abdominal radiological studies performed for other causes of acute abdominal pain, its important to keep in mind entity, A correct diagnosis makes avoids hospitalization and surgery. Epiploic appendicitis usually resolves in 5-7 days. It is treated usually only with analgesics. Most cases are described in adults but in our institution is the second diagnosed case.  CLINICAL CASE:  We present a 9 year old male patient with a presumptive diagnosis of appendicitis. The definitive diagnos is was made with ultrasound tomography with which an omental appendicitis was documented. It was corroborated by pathologic examination.  CONCLUSIONS:  Our purpose is to describe the epiploic appendicitis in children as a cause of acute abdomen, as well as clinical, ultrasonographic, computed tomography and histopathology findings of this disease as a rare cause of acute abdomen. It is important to emphasize the value of imaging studies of this entity, in order to avoid unnecessary surgical procedure is known.]]></p></abstract>
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