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Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis
Omental infarction can be difficult to diagnose preoperatively as imaging may be inconclusive and patients often present in a way that suggests a more common surgical pathology such as appendicitis. Here, a 40-year-old Caucasian man presented to casualty with shortness of breath and progressive righ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25737796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/687584 |
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author | Smolilo, David Lewis, Benjamin C. Yeow, Marina Watson, David I. |
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description | Omental infarction can be difficult to diagnose preoperatively as imaging may be inconclusive and patients often present in a way that suggests a more common surgical pathology such as appendicitis. Here, a 40-year-old Caucasian man presented to casualty with shortness of breath and progressive right upper abdominal pain, accompanied with right shoulder and neck pain. Exploratory laparoscopy was eventually utilised to diagnose an atypical form of omental infarction that mimics cholecystitis. The vascular supply along the long axis of the segment was occluded initiating necrosis. In this case, the necrotic segment was adherent with the abdominal wall, a pathology not commonly reported in cases of omental infarction. |
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spelling | pubmed-43372632015-03-03 Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis Smolilo, David Lewis, Benjamin C. Yeow, Marina Watson, David I. Case Rep Surg Case Report Omental infarction can be difficult to diagnose preoperatively as imaging may be inconclusive and patients often present in a way that suggests a more common surgical pathology such as appendicitis. Here, a 40-year-old Caucasian man presented to casualty with shortness of breath and progressive right upper abdominal pain, accompanied with right shoulder and neck pain. Exploratory laparoscopy was eventually utilised to diagnose an atypical form of omental infarction that mimics cholecystitis. The vascular supply along the long axis of the segment was occluded initiating necrosis. In this case, the necrotic segment was adherent with the abdominal wall, a pathology not commonly reported in cases of omental infarction. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4337263/ /pubmed/25737796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/687584 Text en Copyright © 2015 David Smolilo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Smolilo, David Lewis, Benjamin C. Yeow, Marina Watson, David I. Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis |
title | Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis |
title_full | Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis |
title_fullStr | Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis |
title_short | Omental Infarction Mimicking Cholecystitis |
title_sort | omental infarction mimicking cholecystitis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25737796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/687584 |
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