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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1816-8949</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1816-8949</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[EFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id>S1816-89492023000300095</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/anales/2023.056.03.95</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Abdomen agudo por torsión de epiplón mayor simulando una apendicitis aguda]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Acute abdomen due to torsion of greather omentun simulating acute appendicitis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Agustín]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Segovia Lohse]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Herald René]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zárate Centurión]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Darío]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arzamendia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario San Lorenzo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>56</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>95</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1816-89492023000300095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1816-89492023000300095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1816-89492023000300095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La torsión del epiplón mayor es una patología poco frecuente con una clínica inespecífica, por lo que históricamente su diagnóstico es realizado en el quirófano ya que simula patologías como la apendicitis o colecistitis. Los métodos auxiliares de diagnóstico como las ecografías o las tomografías son de mucha utilidad para la sospecha de esta patología, aunque no cuenta con signos patognomónicos de la enfermedad, las imágenes asociadas a la clínica del paciente pueden llevar a un diagnóstico preciso. Presentamos el caso de un paciente joven de sexo masculino, que acudió al servicio de urgencias por cuadro de dolor abdominal tipo cólico de moderada intensidad en fosa iliaca derecha, acompañado de sensación febril, sin alteración de la analítica sanguínea, sin hallazgo de valor en la ecografía abdominal, que ante la persistencia del dolor y la fiebre se realizó una tomografía contrastada en la que se observó un empastamiento del epiplón sometiéndose a una laparoscopía exploradora con el hallazgo de una torsión del epiplón mayor.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Torsion of the greater omentum is a rare pathology with non-specific symptoms, so historically its diagnosis is made in the operating room since it simulates pathologies such as appendicitis or cholecystitis. Auxiliary diagnostic methods such as ultrasound or tomography are of very useful for the suspicion of this pathology, although it does not have pathognomonic signs of the disease, the images associated with the patient's symptoms can lead to a precise diagnosis. We present the case of a young male patient who came to the emergency department due to moderately intense colic-like abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa, accompanied by a feverish sensation, without alterations in blood tests, without any finding of value in the abdominal ultrasound, due to the persistence of pain and fever, a contrast-enhanced tomography was performed in which a filling of the omentum was observed, undergoing an exploratory laparoscopy with the discovery of a torsion of the greater omentum.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[epiplón mayor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[laparoscopia.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[greater omentum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[appenditis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[laparoscopic.]]></kwd>
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