Primary omental torsion in children: ten-year experience
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Primary omental torsion in children: case report
Primary omental torsion is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain, we report a case of 10-year-old boy admitted with crampy abdominal pain, routine laboratory tests and plain abdominal radiography was normal, the patient underwent surgical exploration with the initial diagnosis of appendicitis, primary omental torsion was confirmed and the omentum was untwisted, with good postoperative evolution.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Surgery International
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0179-0358,1437-9813
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1994-7