A Rare Case of Premenarchal Ovarian Abscess Presenting as an Acute Abdomen

Ovarian abscesses are usually seen in females of reproductive age group. They may occur secondary to urinary tract infections, pelvic inflammatory diseases, or gastrointestinal infections. They are uncommon in premenarchal females. They can be either managed conservatively with antibiotics and analg...

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Autores principales: Jagdish, B., Yhoshu, Enono, Sree, Balija Satya, Sharma, Gaurav, Menghwani, Himanshu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10569268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37842216
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_76_23
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author Jagdish, B.
Yhoshu, Enono
Sree, Balija Satya
Sharma, Gaurav
Menghwani, Himanshu
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description Ovarian abscesses are usually seen in females of reproductive age group. They may occur secondary to urinary tract infections, pelvic inflammatory diseases, or gastrointestinal infections. They are uncommon in premenarchal females. They can be either managed conservatively with antibiotics and analgesics or may require surgery. In this case report, we present the case of a 6-year-old female who presented to us with an acute abdomen, which was diagnosed as a case of ovarian abscess and improved on exploration and drainage.
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spelling pubmed-105692682023-10-13 A Rare Case of Premenarchal Ovarian Abscess Presenting as an Acute Abdomen Jagdish, B. Yhoshu, Enono Sree, Balija Satya Sharma, Gaurav Menghwani, Himanshu J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Ovarian abscesses are usually seen in females of reproductive age group. They may occur secondary to urinary tract infections, pelvic inflammatory diseases, or gastrointestinal infections. They are uncommon in premenarchal females. They can be either managed conservatively with antibiotics and analgesics or may require surgery. In this case report, we present the case of a 6-year-old female who presented to us with an acute abdomen, which was diagnosed as a case of ovarian abscess and improved on exploration and drainage. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10569268/ /pubmed/37842216 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_76_23 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Jagdish, B.
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Sharma, Gaurav
Menghwani, Himanshu
A Rare Case of Premenarchal Ovarian Abscess Presenting as an Acute Abdomen
title A Rare Case of Premenarchal Ovarian Abscess Presenting as an Acute Abdomen
title_full A Rare Case of Premenarchal Ovarian Abscess Presenting as an Acute Abdomen
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title_short A Rare Case of Premenarchal Ovarian Abscess Presenting as an Acute Abdomen
title_sort rare case of premenarchal ovarian abscess presenting as an acute abdomen
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10569268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37842216
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_76_23
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