Omental infarction in the postpartum period: a case report and a review of the literature

Abstract

IntroductionOmental infarction is a rare and often misdiagnosed clinical event with unspecific symptoms. It affects predominantly young and middle aged women.Case presentationThis is a case report of a 26-year-old Caucasian woman with spontaneous omental infarction two weeks after normal vaginal delivery.ConclusionOmental infarction is a differential diagnosis in the postpartum acute abdomen. As some cases of omental infarction, which are caused by torsion, can be adequately diagnosed via computed tomography, a conservative treatment strategy for patients without complications should be considered in order to avoid any unnecessary surgical intervention.

Omental Infarction after Infectious Uterine Underwent Caesarian Section: A Case Report

“…Omental infarction is a rare disease that affects the entire omentum or a segment of the greater omentum, the cause of which sometimes remains elusive [1,2] . There have been about 300 cases of omental infarction reported in literature [3,4] . since the first case reported in 1896 by Bush [5] .…”

Left-sided omental infarction without torsion: report of a case with radiologic-pathologic correlation

“…There have been about 300 cases of omental infarction reported in literature [3,4] since the first case reported in 1896 by Bush [5]. Most of these are anecdotal case reports, just a few are case series describing the imaging appearance of omental infarcts, stillness are the radiologic-pathologic correlation articles.…”