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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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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 Mansoor, Shahbaz 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report 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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