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Myocardial Infarction and Functional Outcome Assessment in Pigs
Published on: April 25, 2014
[Idiopathic infarction of the left segment of the greater omentum]
E I Benizri1, A Iannelli, P Fabiani
1Service de chirurgie digestive et transplantation hépatique, hôpital Archet 2, 151, route de St Antoine-de-Ginestière, BP 3079, 06202 Nice, France.
Abstract:
Idiopathic infarction of the greater omentum is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain whose diagnosis remains difficult. Most of the cases reported in the literature concern the right segment of the greater omentum, simulating appendicitis or cholecystitis. We report a case of an idiopathic leftsided segmental infarction of the greater omentum, in a previously healthy 59 years old woman. Laparoscopy permitted to confirm the diagnosis and to remove the infarcted omentum.
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