Omental torsion and infarction: CT appearance

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-74

  Abdennasser, El Kharras ^a   Driss, Bassou ^a   Abdellatif, Darbi ^a   Mehci, Atmane ^a   Souad, Chaouir ^a   Mohamed, Benameur ^a  

^a Rebat University   (Morocco)

Author keywords

CT; Omental

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABDOMINAL WALL; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; NECROSIS; OMENTUM INFARCTION; OMENTUM TORSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 38349016785     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0538     Document Type: Article

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