Differential diagnosis of left-sided abdominal pain: Primary epiploic appendagitis vs colonic diverticulitis

Table 4 Treatments and clinical results of patients with left primary epiploic appendagitis and left acute colonic diverticulitis

	Lt. PEA (n = 28)	Lt. ACD (n = 25)	P-value
Hospitalization	22 (78.6)	25 (100.0)	0.014
Treatment			0.474
Antibiotics	22 (78.6)	22 (88.0)
Conservative management	6 (21.4)	3 (12.0)
Duration of hospital stay (d)	5.4 ± 5.0	10.2 ± 4.0	< 0.001
Duration of abdominal pain (d)	3.3 ± 2.9	5.6 ± 3.6	0.012
Duration of abdominal tenderness (d)	3.3 ± 1.9	7.2 ± 3.8	< 0.001
Duration of antibiotic therapy (d)	10.5 ± 8.4	16.5 ± 12.6	0.045

Values are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). PEA: Primary epiploic appendagitis; ACD: Acute colonic diverticulitis.