Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case

Acute abdominal pain remains a major diagnostic challenge to date. Omental torsion is an infrequent cause of abdominal pain in children, which usually presents with non-specific symptoms. Herein, we report a case of persistent abdominal pain after a minor abdominal trauma. A solid mass was found in...

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Autores principales: Boscarelli, Alessandro, Guida, Edoardo, Ceschiutti, Giulia, Bossini, Benedetta, Olenik, Damiana, Barbi, Egidio, Schleef, Jürgen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33959253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab151
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author Boscarelli, Alessandro
Guida, Edoardo
Ceschiutti, Giulia
Bossini, Benedetta
Olenik, Damiana
Barbi, Egidio
Schleef, Jürgen
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Guida, Edoardo
Ceschiutti, Giulia
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description Acute abdominal pain remains a major diagnostic challenge to date. Omental torsion is an infrequent cause of abdominal pain in children, which usually presents with non-specific symptoms. Herein, we report a case of persistent abdominal pain after a minor abdominal trauma. A solid mass was found in the lower abdomen at ultrasound imaging evaluation. Surgical exploration demonstrated an omental torsion secondary to a rare neoplasm of childhood.
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spelling pubmed-80874592021-05-05 Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case Boscarelli, Alessandro Guida, Edoardo Ceschiutti, Giulia Bossini, Benedetta Olenik, Damiana Barbi, Egidio Schleef, Jürgen J Surg Case Rep Case Report Acute abdominal pain remains a major diagnostic challenge to date. Omental torsion is an infrequent cause of abdominal pain in children, which usually presents with non-specific symptoms. Herein, we report a case of persistent abdominal pain after a minor abdominal trauma. A solid mass was found in the lower abdomen at ultrasound imaging evaluation. Surgical exploration demonstrated an omental torsion secondary to a rare neoplasm of childhood. Oxford University Press 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8087459/ /pubmed/33959253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab151 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Guida, Edoardo
Ceschiutti, Giulia
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Olenik, Damiana
Barbi, Egidio
Schleef, Jürgen
Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case
title Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case
title_full Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case
title_fullStr Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case
title_full_unstemmed Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case
title_short Lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case
title_sort lipoblastoma as a cause of secondary omental torsion in children: report of the first case
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087459/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab151
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