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.
Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8476, Japan.
Fumihiko
F
Tamamoto
Hideyuki
H
Ishizaki
Tomoko
T
Takanashi
Keigo
K
Shimoji
Takashi
T
Okamura
Tetsunori
T
Yoshimura
Tadayuki
T
Maehara
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