Closed loop small bowel occlusion through a congenital defect of the greater omentum
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Closed loop small bowel occlusion through a congenital defect of the greater omentum.
An 80-year-old male was admitted with a 15-h history of persistent epigastric and peri umbilical pain. Pain had spontaneously appeared during night and awakened the patient. There was neither nausea nor vomiting. Physical examination revealed moderate epigastric and supraumbilical abdominal tenderness. The patient was without surgical antecedent. Laboratory tests were normal. Abdominal ultrasou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1780-2393
DOI: 10.5334/jbr-btr.157