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Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association
Idiopathic segmental infarction of the greater omentum is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen. The etiology is still unclear and the symptoms mimic acute appendicitis. Its presentation simultaneously with acute appendicitis is still more infrequent. We present a case of a 47-year old woman without si...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18959804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-3-30 |
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author | Battaglia, Luigi Belli, Filiberto Vannelli, Alberto Bonfanti, Giuliano Gallino, Gianfrancesco Poiasina, Elia Rampa, Mario Vitellaro, Marco Leo, Ermanno |
author_facet | Battaglia, Luigi Belli, Filiberto Vannelli, Alberto Bonfanti, Giuliano Gallino, Gianfrancesco Poiasina, Elia Rampa, Mario Vitellaro, Marco Leo, Ermanno |
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description | Idiopathic segmental infarction of the greater omentum is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen. The etiology is still unclear and the symptoms mimic acute appendicitis. Its presentation simultaneously with acute appendicitis is still more infrequent. We present a case of a 47-year old woman without significant previous medical history, admitted with an acute abdomen, in which the clinical diagnosis was acute appendicitis and in whom an infarcted segment of right side of the greater omentum was also found at laparotomy. As the etiology is unknown, we highlighted some of the possible theories, and emphasize the importance of omental infarction even in the presence of acute appendicitis as a coincident intraperitoneal pathological condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-26057372008-12-20 Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association Battaglia, Luigi Belli, Filiberto Vannelli, Alberto Bonfanti, Giuliano Gallino, Gianfrancesco Poiasina, Elia Rampa, Mario Vitellaro, Marco Leo, Ermanno World J Emerg Surg Review Idiopathic segmental infarction of the greater omentum is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen. The etiology is still unclear and the symptoms mimic acute appendicitis. Its presentation simultaneously with acute appendicitis is still more infrequent. We present a case of a 47-year old woman without significant previous medical history, admitted with an acute abdomen, in which the clinical diagnosis was acute appendicitis and in whom an infarcted segment of right side of the greater omentum was also found at laparotomy. As the etiology is unknown, we highlighted some of the possible theories, and emphasize the importance of omental infarction even in the presence of acute appendicitis as a coincident intraperitoneal pathological condition. BioMed Central 2008-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC2605737/ /pubmed/18959804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-3-30 Text en Copyright © 2008 Battaglia et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Battaglia, Luigi Belli, Filiberto Vannelli, Alberto Bonfanti, Giuliano Gallino, Gianfrancesco Poiasina, Elia Rampa, Mario Vitellaro, Marco Leo, Ermanno Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association |
title | Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association |
title_full | Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association |
title_fullStr | Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association |
title_full_unstemmed | Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association |
title_short | Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association |
title_sort | simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18959804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-3-30 |
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