Laparoscopic Management of a Rare Case of Spontaneous Adnexal Torsion in an Adolescent

The occurrence of spontaneous torsion of normal ovary and fallopian tube in an adolescent is very rare. We report a case of a 14-year-old post-menarche teenager who presented as acute abdomen. Here, we discuss the differential diagnosis of acute pain abdomen, importance of immediate diagnostic lapar...

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Autores principales: Shakuntala, PN, Shankar, Gowri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26085756
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1216.114164
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description The occurrence of spontaneous torsion of normal ovary and fallopian tube in an adolescent is very rare. We report a case of a 14-year-old post-menarche teenager who presented as acute abdomen. Here, we discuss the differential diagnosis of acute pain abdomen, importance of immediate diagnostic laparoscopy and prompt decision for de torsion of the ovarian pedicle and mesoalphinx to salvage the fallopian tube and ovary, which has a bearing on future reproduction. The teenager is on follow-up for 4 years and has regular cycles and no recurrence of the symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-44532062015-06-17 Laparoscopic Management of a Rare Case of Spontaneous Adnexal Torsion in an Adolescent Shakuntala, PN Shankar, Gowri J Gynecol Endosc Surg Case Report The occurrence of spontaneous torsion of normal ovary and fallopian tube in an adolescent is very rare. We report a case of a 14-year-old post-menarche teenager who presented as acute abdomen. Here, we discuss the differential diagnosis of acute pain abdomen, importance of immediate diagnostic laparoscopy and prompt decision for de torsion of the ovarian pedicle and mesoalphinx to salvage the fallopian tube and ovary, which has a bearing on future reproduction. The teenager is on follow-up for 4 years and has regular cycles and no recurrence of the symptoms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC4453206/ /pubmed/26085756 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1216.114164 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Gynecological Endoscopy and Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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