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Case Reports
. 2004 Jul-Aug;29(4):502-4.
doi: 10.1007/s00261-003-0155-2. Epub 2004 May 12.

Omental torsion: CT features

J Kim  1 , Y Kim, O K Cho, H Rhim, B H Koh, Y S Kim, D S Han, H K Baek
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Case Reports

Omental torsion: CT features

J Kim et al. Abdom Imaging. 2004 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

A 33-year-old male presented to the emergency department complaining of right upper quadrant pain and was initially diagnosed with acute cholecystitis. Abdominal computed tomography showed a whirling pattern of fatty streaks and vessels within the greater omentum, and surgery confirmed infarction of the omentum secondary to torsion. We report a case of surgically and pathologically proven omental torsion that demonstrated the typical whirling appearance on computed tomography.

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