Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 2
Letter to the Editor
Primary omental torsion as presentation of acute abdomen. Case report

105-106

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3850/2015

Fernando Mendoza Moreno, María del Rocío Díez Gago, Diego Martín Córdova García, Antonio Pedraza Muñoz, Manuel Díez Alonso, Fernando Noguerales Fraguas, Francisco Javier Granell Vicent,

Abstract
Primary torsion of the greater omentum (TGO) is an uncommon cause of acute abdominal pain. We report a case of primary omental torsion in a woman of 60 years old with no relevant medical history.
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Mendoza Moreno F, Díez Gago M, Córdova García D, Pedraza Muñoz A, Díez Alonso M, Noguerales Fraguas F, et all. Primary omental torsion as presentation of acute abdomen. Case report. 3850/2015


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Publication history

Received: 15/05/2015

Accepted: 08/08/2015

Online First: 15/12/2015

Published: 01/02/2016

Article revision time: 40 days

Article Online First time: 214 days

Article editing time: 262 days


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