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Acute Abdomen due to Primary Omental Torsion and Infarction

Background. Torsion of greater omentum is a quite uncommon cause of acute abdomen. It can be primary or secondary but in both cases omentum twists upon itself and causes omental segmentary or diffuse necrosis. Symptoms are unspecific and preoperative diagnosis is difficult. The widespread and increa...

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Autores principales: Occhionorelli, S., Zese, M., Cappellari, L., Stano, R., Vasquez, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/208382