Abstract: One of the unusual etiology of acute abdomen is the Omental Infarction which could has a similar presentations of acute abdomen, such as acute pancreatitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, appendicitis, ileitis or other conditions. In our hospital, a 19-years old male down syndrome patient was received complaining of right sided abdominal pain since 3 days upon presentation. Patient was assessed clinically, laboratory and radiology and diagnosed as Idiopathic Omental Infarction. Because the absence of the complications of Omental Infarction and other surgical indications of emergency surgical intervention, the patient was treated conservatively in form of good hydration, pain medications, IV antibiotics and serial clinical assessments for five consecutive days. The patient exhibited completely improvement of his condition without complications.
Keywords: Omental Infarction, down syndrome, abdominal pain, conservative management.
Title: Omental Infarction in a Down Syndrome Patient: Conservative Management
Author: Dr.Nasser Alrashidi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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