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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 4 | Page : 151-152 |
Omental torsion
Paresh Jain, Sheri Chhabra, Ketan Parikh, Amrish Vaidya
Department of General Surgery, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Paresh Jain
805, Mayfair Gardens, Azad Lane, Andheri West, Mumbai- 400 058
India
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.44770 PMID: 20011502
Omental torsion is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain, and clinically mimics acute appendicitis. A 11-year-old boy presented with symptoms and signs suggestive of appendicitis. A computed tomography of abdomen revealed findings suggestive of omental torsion. Diagnostic laparoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of torsion of a segment of the greater omentum.
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