Prenatal and postnatal ultrasonographic findings of the torsioned ovarian cyst: A case report and brief literature review

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Ogul H., HAVAN N., Pirimoglu B., GUVENDI B., Kisaoglu A., Kantarci M.

International Surgery, vol.100, no.3, pp.514-517, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 100 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.9738/intsurg-d-14-00005.1
  • Journal Name: International Surgery
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.514-517
  • Keywords: Neonatal ovarian torsion, Ultrasonographic diagnosis, Complex ovarian cyst Ovarian necrosis, DIAGNOSIS
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Cystic and solid tumors of the ovary are rare during the newborn period and infancy. We present the case of a term female infant born to a mother of 28 years of age and found to have a cystic abdominal mass through prenatal sonographic evaluation in the third trimester. The complex cyst was also demonstrated by postnatal abdominal ultrasonography. Laparotomy revealed a large cystic mass with a torsed right ovary. Pathologic examination of cyst revealed hemorrhagic necrosis with ovarian torsion.