Left-sided omental infarction without torsion: report of a case with radiologic-pathologic correlation

Left-sided omental infarction without torsion: report of a case with radiologic-pathologic correlation

Abstract Background Omental infarction is a rare disease that affects the entire omentum or a segment of the greater omentum. It presents as acute abdominal pain mainly in the right lower quadrant or right flank. Left-sided omental torsion is infrequent and it is rarely preoperatively diagnosed. Ome...

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Main Authors: Antonio Corvino, Maria Raffaela Campanino, Nicolina De Rosa, Fabio Corvino, Pietro Gisonni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Ultrasound
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography
Greater omentum
Omental infarction
Radiologic-pathologic correlation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-020-00235-w

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