Neonatal Ovarian Torsion: Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature |
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Authors: | A. Alrabeeah C. A. Galliani M. Giacomantonio S. A. Heifetz H. Lau |
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Affiliation: | a Departments of Surgery and Pathology, IWK Hospital for Children, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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Abstract: | Ovarian cysts are common incidental findings in term infants and, if unusually large, may result in dystocia, torsion, or rupture. Torsion and infarction of a normal ovary tend to occur in older childhood. During a 4-month period, 3 cases of neonatal ovarian torsion were observed after antenatal ultrasonography had detected fetal pelvico-abdominal cystic lesions. The three infants were explored between 4 and 16 days of age. Ovarian torsion was right-sided in all 3, and 1 ovary had been autoamputated. The resected specimens were nontense, thin-walled cysts, filled with hemorrhagic fluid, that measured between 4.5 and 8 cm in diameter. Microscopically, focal calcification and widespread necrosis precluded recognition of underlying histologic landmarks. Neonatal ovarian cysts or cystic ovaries greater than 4 cm in diameter should be excised, even if asymptomatic, because they are prone to, or have undergone, torsion. |
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Keywords: | torsion ovary cysts neonatal antenatal diagnosis |
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