An Uncommon Twist: Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in an Adolescent

We report a 13-year-old girl with bilateral paratubal cysts and left isolated fallopian tube torsion (IFTT). Paratubal cysts are uncommon in children, and IFTT is a rare complication. Awareness of this entity and prompt surgical intervention could potentially salvage the fallopian tube preserving fe...

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Autores principales: Kisku, Sundeep, Thomas, Reju Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24024061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/509424
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spelling pubmed-37601272013-09-10 An Uncommon Twist: Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in an Adolescent Kisku, Sundeep Thomas, Reju Joseph Case Rep Surg Case Report We report a 13-year-old girl with bilateral paratubal cysts and left isolated fallopian tube torsion (IFTT). Paratubal cysts are uncommon in children, and IFTT is a rare complication. Awareness of this entity and prompt surgical intervention could potentially salvage the fallopian tube preserving fertility. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3760127/ /pubmed/24024061 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/509424 Text en Copyright © 2013 S. Kisku and R. J. Thomas. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort uncommon twist: isolated fallopian tube torsion in an adolescent
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