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A 65-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of right lower abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography showed a whirling pattern of fatty streaks and vessels in the greater omentum. From this typical finding, a diagnosis of omental torsion was made immediately, which was confirmed by subsequent surgery. We report a case of surgically and pathologically proven omental torsion that demonstrated a typical appearance on computed tomography and was diagnosed preoperatively.
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Part of this article was presented at the Japan Radiological Society meeting in October 2005
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Sakamoto, N., Ohishi, T., Kurisu, S. et al. Omental torsion. Radiat Med 24, 373–377 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-006-0036-z
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