All children presented with features of acute appendicitis, a majority were male, and two out of the 13 patients were obese. The absence of any children under 4 years was consistent with the relative paucity of omental fat in younger children. We found no clear mechanism for primary omental torsion, although rotation around the right epiploic artery was observed.
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