Primary omental torsion in children
| Autor: | Leif O. Holgersen, David K.W. Chew, David Friedman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Torsion Abnormality medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Nausea Anorexia Peritoneal Diseases Diagnosis Differential Humans Medicine Obesity Child business.industry General Medicine Greater omentum Appendicitis Surgery body regions medicine.anatomical_structure El Niño Acute abdomen Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Vomiting Abdomen Female medicine.symptom business Omentum |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 30:816-817 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3468 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0022-3468(95)90755-6 |
| Popis: | Primary torsion of the omentum is an unusual cause of an acute abdomen and commonly mimics acute appendicitis. The following report of four obese children is supportive of obesity as a predisposing factor. The paucity of gastrointestinal symptoms, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and the relatively long duration of symptoms, may increase the index of suspicion. In the majority of cases, the diagnosis is made intraoperatively by digital exploration through the muscle-splitting incision. The torsed omentum is easily delivered through the same incision, and excision results in complete recovery. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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