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. 2019 Dec 13;10(1):e2019123.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2019.123. eCollection 2020 Jan-Mar.

Idiopathic left omental infarction

Bárbara Neto Castro  1 , Andreia Amado  1 , Ana Paula Torre  1 , José Azevedo  2 , Susana Graça  1 , Jorge Maciel  1   3
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Idiopathic left omental infarction

Bárbara Neto Castro et al. Autops Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Abdominal Pain; Infarction; Omentum.

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Conflict of interest: None

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Abdominopelvic CT scan, coronal view (A) and axial view (B), of left omental infarction.
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