Primary idiopathic segmental infarction of the greater omentum: Two cases of acute abdomen in childhood

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1264-1266

  Sakellaris, George ^a,b   Stathopoulos, Efstathios ^a   Kafousi, Maria ^a   Arbiros, John ^a   Bitsori, Maria ^a   Charissis, Giorgos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Daskalojanni Str   (Greece)

Author keywords

omentum; Segmental infarction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC SEGMENTAL INFARCTION OF THE GREATER OMENTUM; INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEVER; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; NAUSEA; OMENTUM;

EID: 3843089375     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.04.025     Document Type: Article

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