Left-sided omental infarction with associated omental abscess: CT diagnosis.
The CT findings of two patients with left-sided omental infarction associated with acute inflammation and abscess formation are described and illustrated. The patients presented with lower abdominal pain, fever, and leukocytosis, and they exhibited a poorly defined heterogeneous low-attenuated mass containing fat in the anterior left lower abdomen. Although segmental omental infarction is usually a self-limiting condition that may resolve spontaneously, necrosis associated with secondary infection and abscess formation may develop occasionally.
Balthazar
E J
EJ
Department of Radiology, New York University Tisch Medical Center, NY 10016.
Lefkowitz
R A
RA
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed