MASSIVE OVARIAN EDEMA - A NONNEOPLASTIC ADNEXAL MASS MISTAKEN FOR A NEOPLASM

Authors
TURAN C UGUR M MUNGAN T TANER D AYDOGDU T COBANOGLU O
Citation
C. Turan et al., MASSIVE OVARIAN EDEMA - A NONNEOPLASTIC ADNEXAL MASS MISTAKEN FOR A NEOPLASM, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 36(1), 1996, pp. 96-97
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048666
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
96 - 97
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8666(1996)36:1<96:MOE-AN>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Massive ovarian oedema (MOO) is an unusual clinical entity occurring i n teenage girls and young women, and is thought to result from periodi c and intermittent torsion of the ovarian pedicle. It is usually mista ken for an ovarian neoplasm and treated by oophorectomy. A case that u nderwent more radical surgery than is necessary is presented.