greater/infarction

Infarction of the greater omentum is an uncommon entity in children. The etiology of this disease is unknown. It is difficult to differentiate this condition from acute appendicitis in children. Two cases from the pediatric age group are reported.

Results of treatment of 10 patients with primary infarction of the greater omentum were analyzed. Young and middle-aged persons prevailed. Majority of the patients were hospitalized from 27 to 72 hours after disease manifestation. The cause of disease was not revealed in all the patients. Pains in

The case of a 65 year old woman presented symptoms of acute abdomen secondary to full torsion of the greater omentum is presented, diagnosed preoperatively by CT, thus avoiding emergency surgery due to good evolution with conservative attitude. This disease is a rare cause of abdominal pain, but we

Spontaneous segmental infarction of the greater omentum, although rare, is probably more common than the 112 reported cases suggest, but its sporadic occurrence has lent itself more to isolated case reports than to an extensive overview of the disease. Despite the frequent preoperative diagnosis of

Segmental infarction of the omentum is a rare disease, with about 150 published cases, and an unusual cause of "pseudoacute" abdomen. The preoperative diagnosis is difficult because of the rarity and lack of specificity of the syndrome, and it is established after laparotomy, with a few exceptions.