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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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  1. Department of Radiology, Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, 1-6-6 Shimokamo, Sumoto, Hyogo, 656-0013, Japan

    Noriaki Sakamoto

  2. Department of Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan

    Tatsurou Ohishi & Shigeru Kurisu

  3. Department of Pathology, Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan

    Hidehisa Horiguchi

  4. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Yasuaki Arai

  5. Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

    Kazuro Sugimura

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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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