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what is the most common cause of omental infarction
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primary torsion which is a mobile segment omental rotates around a proximal fixed point in the absence of any other intra-abdominal pathology
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what kind of signal is omental infarction on ultrasound
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hyperechoic
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what kind of attenuation and features would you expect to see if a patient has omental infarction on CT
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mixed attenuation
concentric distribution of the virus and fatty folds convering radially towards the torsion |
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what is the most common shape of an omental infarction
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a triangular shaped
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where is the most common location of an omental infarction
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in between the anterior abdominal wall and the colon usually in the right lower quadrant
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what is the main differential diagnosis for in a omental infarction
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epiploic appendagitis
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what are two features that epiploic appendagitis has that omental infarction does not
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a hyper attenuating rim and a central area of high attenuation
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what is the central attenuation in and epiploic appendagitis
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this is a thrombosis central vessel
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