Omental torsion with right-sided inguinal hernia.
Omental torsion is a rare cause of acute abdomen. The diagnosis is usually not established before surgery, but recently some reports have described the usefulness of computed tomography (CT) for the detection of this condition. We encountered a 58-year-old man with torsion of the greater omentum secondary to right-sided inguinal hernia, and present the characteristic CT findings of a whirl-like mass with hyperattenuated fatty tissue.
Tamamoto
Fumihiko
F
Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8476, Japan.
Ishizaki
Hideyuki
H
Takanashi
Tomoko
T
Shimoji
Keigo
K
Okamura
Takashi
T
Yoshimura
Tetsunori
T
Maehara
Tadayuki
T
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging