TY - JOUR
AR - IJSCR-2019-2-103
TI - Omental Infarction: A Case Treated with Laparoscopic Surgery
AU - Arafat , Yasser
AU - Bertrand, Ng
JO - International Journal of Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2019
DA - Thu 12, Sep 2019
SN - 2674-4171
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.IJSCR.2019.02.03
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/omental-infarction-a-case-treated-with-laparoscopic-surgery_IJSCR-2019-2-103 
KW - Omental infarction, right hypochondrium pain, laparoscopic surgery
AB - Omental infarct is a rare cause of an acute abdomen that arises from an interruption of blood supply to the
omentum. Here, we present a case of omental infarct in a 67-year-old gentleman with background history
of diabetes mellitus who present unusually with a severe acute onset right hypochondrium pain.
Examination revealed that he was tender to touch at the right and was having localized guarding. His
inflammatory markers were normal. He was successfully treated with laparoscopy surgery and he was
subsequently discharged the following day. Omental infarct cases with right hypochondrium pain can
sometimes mimicked acute cholecystitis and management includes laparoscopic surgery which can hasten
symptoms resolution and reduces hospital stay, however recommendation for surgery has to be balanced
with anesthetics risk and complication of the surgery itself.