A challenging case of spontaneous idiopathic omental infarction in a trisomy 21 patient

• Main Authors: Aaron Roy, Jin-Jiun Mah, Theiyallen Ambikapathi, Aung Mra, Firdaus Hayati
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
• Subjects: QM1-695 Human anatomy; RC31-1245 Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33462/1/A%20challenging%20case%20of%20spontaneous%20idiopathic%20omental%20infarction%20in%20a%20trisomy%2021%20patient.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33462/2/A%20challenging%20case%20of%20spontaneous%20idiopathic%20omental%20infarction%20in%20a%20trisomy%2021%20patient.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33462/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080122005209; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103760

Omental infarction (OI) is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain that is often missed out. Due to its non-specific presentation can mimic other commoner conditions such as acute appendicitis, acute diverticulitis, and tuberculosis abdomen. We present a 42-year-old gentleman with trisomy 21 presenting...