Omental Infarction: A Review of 3 Cases

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Naveed Abbas Salman Ahmed Shahid Kaimkhani

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Naveed Abbas
Department of Surgery, Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, Surgery

A B S T R A C T

Omental infarction is an unusual cause of abdominal pain presenting in both adults and children; though it is rare in both [1, 2]. The difficulty is in the initial diagnosis where it can present in a number of different ways and may mask an underlying surgical condition [3, 4]. Most cases are managed without surgery, however; continuing or worsening pain may push a surgical approach. We present 3 cases of omental infarction, all with characteristic radiological findings. One had accompanying radiological features of acute appendicitis, another continued abdominal pain and the third with symptoms responding well to analgesia. The first and second patients required laparoscopic intervention, while the third was managed conservatively.

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Review Article

Publication history

Received: Mon 05, Oct 2020
Accepted: Fri 16, Oct 2020
Published: Mon 26, Oct 2020

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© 2023 Naveed Abbas. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.AJSCR.2020.04.03