IDIOPATHIC INFARCTION OF THE OMENTUM: REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: A BAUMAN, P W HOFFERT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 August 1954IDIOPATHIC INFARCTION OF THE OMENTUM: REPORT OF TWO CASESARTHUR BAUMAN, M.D., PAUL W. HOFFERT, M.D.ARTHUR BAUMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL W. HOFFERT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-2-342 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince Eitel reported the first case of primary or idiopathic torsion of the greater omentum in 1899,1 approximately 100 cases of torsion, with and without infarction, have been reported in the literature.2 Thirty-six additional cases of primary segmental infarction without torsion have been described.3-15With the exception of Eitel's patient, all of the patients presented the picture of an acute surgical abdomen. 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