Primary greater omental torsion: CT diagnosis in an elderly woman

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-58

  Atar, Eli ^a,b   Herskovitz, Pearl ^a,b   Powsner, Eldad ^a,b   Katz, Miriam ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Omentum; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GREATER OMENTUM TORSION; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TORSION; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION; VOMITING;

EID: 0345827882     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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