Intermittent omental torsion--an unusual cause of recurrent abdominal pain?
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Omental torsion: an infrequent cause of abdominal pain.
Omental torsion is an infrecuent cause of acute abdomen. It is related to obesity, abdominal surgery and abdominal trauma. Urgent exploratory laparotomy allows diagnosis and prevents complications as intrabdominal abcess. We present CT imaging of a Omenat torsion clinical case.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.65.760.114