CT findings of omental torsion and infarction: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-118

  Naffaa, Lena N ^a   Shabb, Nina S ^a   Haddad, Maurice C ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Imaging; Infarction; Omentum; Torsion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY;

INFARCTION; OMENTAL TORSION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OMENTAL TORSION; OMENTUM INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION; LAPAROTOMY; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 0242586054     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00524-7     Document Type: Article

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