INTRODUCTION Omental infarction is a rare and often misdiagnosed clinical event with unspecific symptoms. It affects predominantly young and middle aged women. CASE PRESENTATION This is a case report of a 26-year-old Caucasian woman with spontaneous omental infarction two weeks after normal vaginal delivery. CONCLUSION Omental infarction is a differential diagnosis in the postpartum acute a...

OBJECTIVES We report two cases of infants found to have congenital omental cystic lesion with torsion and ovarian cyst treated by laparoscopy-assisted surgery (LAS). METHODS A laparoscope was inserted by an open method. The intra-abdominal pressure was maintained at 8 mm Hg. We diagnosed the cystic lesions with torsion. At aspirator was used to aspirate the cystic content and remove the cyst....

Introduction: Omental torsion is an uncommon disease that presents with acute abdominal pain. Detailed medical history and physical examination can be sufficient for the diagnosis, although imaging techniques may verify. Case Report: A 55-year-old woman p

Primary omental torsion is a rare cause of acute abdomen and mimics common acute abdominal condition like appendicitis. Torsion of the greater omentum may be primary or secondary. Here we present 2 cases admitted through emergency with the pain in right iliac fossa with this unusual diagnosis.

INTRODUCTION Torsion of the omentum is a benign self-limiting disorder, which is difficult to diagnose because the main symptoms are similar to those of other abdominal diseases. Most of the published cases had been diagnosed during operation via direct eye view. According to several studies, it is important that the correct preoperative diagnosis is made as omental torsion can be treated conse...

Omental torsion is a rare cause of an acute abdomen. It often mimics acute appendicitis and other common pathological causes underlying acute abdominal pain. It is defined as axial twisting along its long axis and has primary and secondary classifications. Secondary omental torsion has an underlying aetiology which includes factors that increase intra-abdominal pressure: abdominal hernias, prev...