Torsion of parietal-peritoneal fat mimicking acute appendicitis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Infarctions of the greater omentum and appendices epiploicae are uncommon, but well documented causes of acute abdominal pain. We present a rare case of torted fat on the parietal peritoneum over the anterior abdominal wall, mimicking clinical signs of acute appendicitis, which was dia...

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Autores principales: Hapuarachchi, Kamal Sanjiva, Courtney, Edward Douglas, Gergely, Szabolcs, Tang, Tjun Yip
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-6980

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