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Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy

Acute abdominal pain is a common surgical presentation, and most often, the first line of consideration is to rule out acute appendicitis; this is more so when the patient is an adolescent or within younger age group. In most cases, other differentials are considered before omental torsion. Omental...

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Autores principales: Chinaka, Chijioke, Mansoor, Shahbaz, Salaheidin, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7257460
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author Chinaka, Chijioke
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Salaheidin, Mohamed
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description Acute abdominal pain is a common surgical presentation, and most often, the first line of consideration is to rule out acute appendicitis; this is more so when the patient is an adolescent or within younger age group. In most cases, other differentials are considered before omental torsion. Omental torsion is a cause of acute abdominal pain and sometimes mimics acute appendicitis in its presentation. We present a case of a 14-yr-old boy who presented with acute abdomen with symptoms mimicking acute appendicitis. Laparoscopy revealed torsion of the omentum. Omentectomy and appendicectomy were done, and the child discharged four days after following a remarkable recovery.
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spelling pubmed-58313122018-04-17 Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy Chinaka, Chijioke Mansoor, Shahbaz Salaheidin, Mohamed Case Rep Surg Case Report Acute abdominal pain is a common surgical presentation, and most often, the first line of consideration is to rule out acute appendicitis; this is more so when the patient is an adolescent or within younger age group. In most cases, other differentials are considered before omental torsion. Omental torsion is a cause of acute abdominal pain and sometimes mimics acute appendicitis in its presentation. We present a case of a 14-yr-old boy who presented with acute abdomen with symptoms mimicking acute appendicitis. Laparoscopy revealed torsion of the omentum. Omentectomy and appendicectomy were done, and the child discharged four days after following a remarkable recovery. Hindawi 2018-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5831312/ /pubmed/29666745 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7257460 Text en Copyright © 2018 Chijioke Chinaka et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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.
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Chinaka, Chijioke
Mansoor, Shahbaz
Salaheidin, Mohamed
Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy
title Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy
title_full Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy
title_fullStr Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy
title_full_unstemmed Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy
title_short Torsion of the Omentum: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a 14-Year-Old Boy
title_sort torsion of the omentum: a rare cause of acute abdomen in a 14-year-old boy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7257460
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