A Diagnosis of Omental Infarction in a Patient Presenting with Non-Specific Abdominal Pain

Omental infarction can present as an acute abdomen, but a low incidence and vague presentation mean it is only considered as a diagnosis when another more common pathology has been ruled out, e.g., appendicitis, diverticulitis, cholecystitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, etc. In earlier cases, diagnostic laparoscopy was used to diagnose this pathology