Abstract

It presents the clinical case of a pediatric patient of 9 years old male, of urban origin who underwent surgery for acute abdomen box with preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis,  finding  the  findings  transquirúrgicos  a  primary  omental  torsion  greater, performed a case report and a review of existing literature.

Keywords

acute abdomen, twisting, greater omentum, omental torsion, segmental, vascular disease, previous quirúrgias adhesions, abdominal trauma