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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Idiopathic omental infarction: managed conservatively
  1. Brock McMillen,
  2. Daniel Paul Hekman,
  3. Michelle Thuy Tien Nguyen and
  4. Dennis Grewal
  1. Family Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Brock McMillen, bmcmille{at}IUHealth.org

Abstract

We report a case of a 49-year-old woman who presented with acutely worsening episodic abdominal pain. Workup was negative but CT of the abdomen showed right upper quadrant omental fat stranding, suggestive of fat necrosis or infarct. Treatment for the patient was largely supportive with pain management and fluid resuscitation.

  • gastroenterology
  • general practice / family medicine
  • emergency medicine

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-226978

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    • Contributors The Corresponding author of this manuscript is BMcM and contribution of the authors as mentioned below: 1. BMcM: a. Contributor to: Title, Background, Differential Diagnoses, Treatment, Outcome and Follow-Up, Discussion, Learning Points/Take Home Messages, and References 2. MTTN: a. Contributor to: Differential Diagnoses, Treatment, Outcome and Follow-Up, Discussion, Learning Points/Take Home Messages, and References 3. DH a. Contributor to: Background, Differential Diagnoses, Treatment, Outcome and Follow-Up, Discussion, Learning Points/Take Home Messages, and References 4. DG: a. Contributor to: Outcome and Follow-Up, Discussion, Learning Points/Take Home Messages With the submission of this manuscript I would like to undertake that: All authors of this paper have directly participated in the planning, execution, or analysis of this paper; All authors of this paper have read and approved the final version submitted; The contents of this manuscript have not been copyrighted or published previously; The contents of this manuscript are not now under consideration for publication elsewhere; The contents of this manuscript will not be copyrighted, submitted, or published elsewhere, while acceptance by the Journal is under consideration; There are no directly related manuscripts or abstracts, published or unpublished, by any authors of this paper.

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