Omental torsion mimicking perforated appendicitis in a pediatric patient: emergency bedside sonography

Jared Brazg; Lawrence Haines; Marla C. Levine

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2015.07.058

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Omental torsion mimicking perforated appendicitis in a pediatric patient: emergency bedside sonography☆☆☆★

Jared Brazg, MD

Lawrence Haines, MD

Marla C. Levine, MD

Maimonides Medical Center, New York, NY 11219

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2015.07.058

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Omental torsion is a rare condition, with most cases described in the adult literature. Preoperative diagnosis of this disease process is challenging as radiographic findings are often variable and the clinical presentation often mimics other pathologic entities including acute appendicitis or acute abdomen of poorly defined origin. (See Figs. 1– 3.)

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