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A diagnostic challenge: primary omental torsion and literature review - a case report

Nina Breunung email and Paul Strauss email

General Surgery, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust, Dartford, Kent, UK

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World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009, 4:40doi:10.1186/1749-7922-4-40

Published: 18 November 2009

Abstract

A case report of omental torsion, which is a rare differential diagnosis of the acute abdomen. Intraoperative diagnosis and treatment by resection are the current management of choice, however with increasing use of pre-operative imaging this may need to be reconsidered.


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