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Table 1 Classification of the infarctions of the greater omentum.

From: Simultaneous idiopathic segmental infarction of the great omentum and acute appendicitis: a rare association

Omental infarction without torsion:

   Primary (Idiopathic infarction of the greater omentum)

   Secondary: hernia, hypercoagulabily, pathology vascular, polyglobulia

Omental infarction with torsion:

   Primary

   Secondary: adherences, cysts, tumor