An unusual cause of abdominal pain in pregnancy: omental infarction

A 33-year-old, 28-week pregnant woman with a medical history of ectopic pregnancy (treated with left salpingectomy) and endometriosis presented to our suburban emergency department complaining of right upper quadrant abdominal pain that began several days prior. [...]not all cases of diagnosed omental infarction are candidates for conservative management; patients with intractable pain, peritoneal signs, or additional complicating factors, perhaps including pregnancy, may require laparoscopic or open surgery for definitive management..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

The American journal of emergency medicine - 34(2016), 6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rusgo, Allison [VerfasserIn]
Carraro, Michelle N [Sonstige Person]
Niehaus, Matthew T [Sonstige Person]
Reynolds, Shawn C [Sonstige Person]
Jacoby, Jeanne L [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.00

Themen:

Abdomen
Laboratories
Laparoscopy
Laxatives
Liver
Pain
Pregnancy

doi:

10.1016/j.ajem.2015.11.040

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1977996493