Twisted Fimbrial Cyst (Paraovarian Cyst): A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen

We present a case of a 22-year-old female who presented with acute abdomen and amenorrhea. Emergency laprotomy was done with a clinical diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. On laprotomy, twisted fimbrial cysts were found. Thus, although fimbrial cysts are rarely twisted, they should be considered as a ca...

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Autores principales: Rathi, Monika, Najam, Rehana, Budania, Satish Kumar, Awasthi, Seema, Ahmad, Faiyaz, Kumar, Ashutosh, Dutta, Shyamoli
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24385716
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S13527
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author Rathi, Monika
Najam, Rehana
Budania, Satish Kumar
Awasthi, Seema
Ahmad, Faiyaz
Kumar, Ashutosh
Dutta, Shyamoli
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description We present a case of a 22-year-old female who presented with acute abdomen and amenorrhea. Emergency laprotomy was done with a clinical diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. On laprotomy, twisted fimbrial cysts were found. Thus, although fimbrial cysts are rarely twisted, they should be considered as a cause of acute abdomen in a female of reproductive age group.
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spelling pubmed-38731722014-01-02 Twisted Fimbrial Cyst (Paraovarian Cyst): A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen Rathi, Monika Najam, Rehana Budania, Satish Kumar Awasthi, Seema Ahmad, Faiyaz Kumar, Ashutosh Dutta, Shyamoli Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Reports We present a case of a 22-year-old female who presented with acute abdomen and amenorrhea. Emergency laprotomy was done with a clinical diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. On laprotomy, twisted fimbrial cysts were found. Thus, although fimbrial cysts are rarely twisted, they should be considered as a cause of acute abdomen in a female of reproductive age group. Libertas Academica 2013-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3873172/ /pubmed/24385716 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S13527 Text en © 2013 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article published under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 license.
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Twisted Fimbrial Cyst (Paraovarian Cyst): A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen
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title_full Twisted Fimbrial Cyst (Paraovarian Cyst): A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen
title_fullStr Twisted Fimbrial Cyst (Paraovarian Cyst): A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen
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title_short Twisted Fimbrial Cyst (Paraovarian Cyst): A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen
title_sort twisted fimbrial cyst (paraovarian cyst): a rare cause of acute abdomen
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873172/
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