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Omental torsion mimicking acute appendicitis: a case report

Kies, D.; Garcia-Covarrubias, L.; Corsetti, R.L.

Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society Official Organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 158(1): 36-38

2006

ISSN/ISBN: 0024-6921
PMID: 16602484
Document Number: 595907
Primary omental torsion is an uncommon cause of an acute abdomen that can mimic acute appendicitis. Herein we report a case of suspected acute appendicitis that proved to be a distal segment of infarcted omentum secondary to primary torsion.

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