Omental infarction and anterior wall adhesion presenting as surgical abdomen in a pediatric patient

Omental infarction is a rare cause of acute abdomen that can present in both the pediatric and adult populations causing adhesions or abscesses. Presentation may mimic appendicitis; however, ultrasonography may not be sufficient. We discuss the importance of CT imaging for the pre‐surgical diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Omran, Kareem, Al Tamr, Wissam Jamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36415712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6604
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description Omental infarction is a rare cause of acute abdomen that can present in both the pediatric and adult populations causing adhesions or abscesses. Presentation may mimic appendicitis; however, ultrasonography may not be sufficient. We discuss the importance of CT imaging for the pre‐surgical diagnosis to avoid serious port‐site injuries.
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spelling pubmed-96758652022-11-21 Omental infarction and anterior wall adhesion presenting as surgical abdomen in a pediatric patient Omran, Kareem Al Tamr, Wissam Jamal Clin Case Rep Case Report Omental infarction is a rare cause of acute abdomen that can present in both the pediatric and adult populations causing adhesions or abscesses. Presentation may mimic appendicitis; however, ultrasonography may not be sufficient. We discuss the importance of CT imaging for the pre‐surgical diagnosis to avoid serious port‐site injuries. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9675865/ /pubmed/36415712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6604 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Omental infarction and anterior wall adhesion presenting as surgical abdomen in a pediatric patient
title_full_unstemmed Omental infarction and anterior wall adhesion presenting as surgical abdomen in a pediatric patient
title_short Omental infarction and anterior wall adhesion presenting as surgical abdomen in a pediatric patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675865/
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