Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization

Omental infarction is caused by vascular obstruction with resulting tissue ischemia, representing a rare cause of abdominal pain. It has been described as a rare complication of gastric bypass. It is important to recognize omental infarction and its possible complications as The management is usuall...

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Autores principales:	Laura B. Machado, MD, Elsy Machado, MD, Aparna S. Babu, MD
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2022
Materias:	Abdominal pain Omentum Infarct Torsion Necrosis Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:13838e0a02eb4c6db74392f5beca26492021-12-04T04:33:32ZRare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization1930-043310.1016/j.radcr.2021.11.010https://doaj.org/article/13838e0a02eb4c6db74392f5beca26492022-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004332100786Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1930-0433Omental infarction is caused by vascular obstruction with resulting tissue ischemia, representing a rare cause of abdominal pain. It has been described as a rare complication of gastric bypass. It is important to recognize omental infarction and its possible complications as The management is usually conservative with surgery deferred to specific cases. We present the case of a 56-year-old male with a history of gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent esophagogastrectomy with Roux-n-y reconstruction and 3 months later presented with severe persistent abdominal pain, due to a path proven giant omental infarction. Patient later was complicated with a colonic fistula to the omentum.Laura B. Machado, MDElsy Machado, MDAparna S. Babu, MDElsevierarticleAbdominal painOmentumInfarctTorsionNecrosisMedical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicineR895-920ENRadiology Case Reports, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp 360-363 (2022)
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topic	Abdominal pain Omentum Infarct Torsion Necrosis Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920
spellingShingle	Abdominal pain Omentum Infarct Torsion Necrosis Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920 Laura B. Machado, MD Elsy Machado, MD Aparna S. Babu, MD Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization
description	Omental infarction is caused by vascular obstruction with resulting tissue ischemia, representing a rare cause of abdominal pain. It has been described as a rare complication of gastric bypass. It is important to recognize omental infarction and its possible complications as The management is usually conservative with surgery deferred to specific cases. We present the case of a 56-year-old male with a history of gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent esophagogastrectomy with Roux-n-y reconstruction and 3 months later presented with severe persistent abdominal pain, due to a path proven giant omental infarction. Patient later was complicated with a colonic fistula to the omentum.
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author	Laura B. Machado, MD Elsy Machado, MD Aparna S. Babu, MD
author_facet	Laura B. Machado, MD Elsy Machado, MD Aparna S. Babu, MD
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title	Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization
title_short	Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization
title_full	Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization
title_fullStr	Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization
title_full_unstemmed	Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization
title_sort	rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2022
url	https://doaj.org/article/13838e0a02eb4c6db74392f5beca2649
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Rare cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain: Giant omental infarct later complicated by colonic fistulization

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