title: Omental infarction in the postpartum period: a case report and a review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Omental infarction is a rare and often misdiagnosed clinical event with unspecific symptoms. It affects predominantly young and middle aged women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a case report of a 26-year-old Caucasian woman with spontaneous omental infarction two weeks after normal vaginal delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Omental infarction is a differential diagnosis in the postpartum acute abdomen. As some cases of omental infarction, which are caused by torsion, can be adequately diagnosed via computed tomography, a conservative treatment strategy for patients without complications should be considered in order to avoid any unnecessary surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg. mtachezy@uke.uni-hamburg.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tachezy
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grotelüschen
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gebauer
authors.forename: Andreas H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: Jakob R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Izbicki
authors.forename: Jussuf T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kaifi