title: Primary omental torsion: two case reports.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe two cases of primary omental torsion as an uncommon cause of abdominal pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two female patients presented to our surgical service with right-sided abdominal pain. In view of their clinical presentation and workup, both patients required operative intervention. At laparotomy, the cause of the pain was recognized to be due to infarcted omentum secondary to torsion. Both patients underwent omentectomy and appendectomy and had an uneventful recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary torsion of the omentum is difficult to diagnose preoperatively; this condition is usually detected during surgical exploration for acute abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait. albader_ib@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ibtisam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Bader
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Said Ali
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al-Sharraf
authors.forename: Abdulla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Behbehani
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality