Epiploic appendix

Appendices epiploic (singular Appendix epiploica, from Greek appendex, Annex ' and epiploon, power ') are 1-4 cm long, freely ending appendages along the tenia libera and omental tenia of the colon ( ascending colon, transverse, descending, and sigmoid ). It is covered by serosa Fettgewebsauflagerungen. Hold the capillarity of the abdominal cavity gap upright during the movement of the lobes of the colon wall ( haustra ).

In rare cases, it may be twisted (torsion) and infarction of the appendage, which is then painful and can be confused depending on the location of the affected appendix with a normal appendicitis or with a sigmoid diverticulitis. One then speaks of a epiploica appendicitis. In the English -speaking world is also spoken by a epiploic appendagitis to avoid confusion with appendicitis the appendix.