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KMID : 0378120030300010153
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Chungnam Medical Journal
2003 Volume.30 No. 1 p.153 ~ p.157
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A Case of Acute Abdomen Caused by Omental Infarction Treated with Conservative Care
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Kim Jeong-Nyum
Lee Soong-Hwan
Kim Jeong-Sik
Kim Jin-Ho
Bae Yun-Oh
Park Seong-Kyu
Yoon Sang-Jeong
Han Hyun-Young
Lee Heon-Young
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Abstract
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Omental infarction, the end result of impaired perfusion to the greater omentum, is a rare benign self-limiting clinical entity. The main clinical symptom is non-specific localized abdominal pain with a moderately raised white blood cell and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. These findings often mimic an abdominal surgical emergency. This condition is often misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis or cholecystitis. The characteristic feature of CT scan and ultrasonography provide non-invasive diagnosis in most patients with omental infarction. We report a case of patient whose CT scan showed the characteristic finding of omental infarction. The patient was improved spontaneously only with conservative care.
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KEYWORD
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Omental infarction, Acute abdomen, CT scan
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