title: Omental torsion: CT features.
abstract: A 33-year-old male presented to the emergency department complaining of right upper quadrant pain and was initially diagnosed with acute cholecystitis. Abdominal computed tomography showed a whirling pattern of fatty streaks and vessels within the greater omentum, and surgery confirmed infarction of the omentum secondary to torsion. We report a case of surgically and pathologically proven omental torsion that demonstrated the typical whirling appearance on computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hanyang University Kuri Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 249-1 Kyomoon-Dong, Kuri City, Kyunggi-Do, 471-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rhim
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Baek
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis