Omental infarction in pediatric patients: sonographic and CT findings.
OBJECTIVE
Children with omental infarction typically present with abdominal pain and are diagnosed clinically as having acute appendicitis. Our purpose was to perform a retrospective review of the imaging findings in nine children with omental infarction as an aid to radiologists in distinguishing this entity from acute appendicitis.


CONCLUSIONS
In pediatric patients with omental infarction, both CT and sonography show a heterogeneous mass characteristically situated between the anterior abdominal wall and the colon. It is important for radiologists to recognize the characteristic imaging findings seen with omental infarction.
Grattan-Smith
J Damien
JD
Department of Radiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, 1001 Johnson Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30342, USA.
Blews
David E
DE
Brand
Theodore
T
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography