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A diagnostic challenge: primary omental torsion and literature review - a case report

Authors: Nina Breunung, Paul Strauss

Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery | Issue 1/2009

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A case report of omental torsion, which is a rare differential diagnosis of the acute abdomen. Intraoperative diagnosis and treatment by resection are the current management of choice, however with increasing use of pre-operative imaging this may need to be reconsidered.

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Title: A diagnostic challenge: primary omental torsion and literature review - a case report
Authors: Nina Breunung
Paul Strauss
Publication date: 01-12-2009
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1749-7922
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-4-40

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