Torted ovarian cyst with lethal bleeding diathesis in an infant |
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Authors: | S. Karl S. Sen N. Zachariah J. Chacko G. Thomas |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Paediatric Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, 632 004, India, IN |
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Abstract: | We report a 9-month-old infant with a torted ovarian cyst who presented with an acute consumptive coagulopathy (CC) with lethal outcome. That ischemic tissue can act as a trigger for a CC is well-known, but we did not find any report of a torted ovarian cyst causing a coagulopathy in the pediatric literature. This potential complication constitutes one more reason for the prompt surgical removal of torted ovarian cysts in infants. Accepted: 30 March 1998 |
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Keywords: | Ovarian cyst Torsion Consumptive coagulopathy |
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