Torsion of the greater omentum: preoperative computed tomographic diagnosis and therapeutic laparoscopy.
Primary or idiopathic segmental infarction of the greater omentum is a rare surgical condition. We describe a case of omental torsion in an adult patient who was diagnosed preoperatively by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and managed by laparoscopy.
Kerem
Mustafa
M
Department of General Surgery, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey. mkerem@gazi.edu.tr
Bedirli
Abdulkadir
A
Mentes
B Bulent
BB
Sakrak
Omer
O
Pala
Ilker
I
Oguz
Mehmet
M
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality