Torted ovarian cyst with lethal bleeding diathesis in an infant

Authors
Karl, S Sen, S Zachariah, N Chacko, J Thomas, G
Citation
S. Karl et al., Torted ovarian cyst with lethal bleeding diathesis in an infant, PEDIAT SURG, 15(2), 1999, pp. 145-146
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
01790358 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
145 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(199903)15:2<145:TOCWLB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report a 9-month-old infant with a torted ovarian cyst who presented wit h 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 an y report of a torted ovarian cyst causing a coagulopathy in the pediatric l iterature. This potential complication constitutes one more reason for the prompt surgical removal of torted ovarian cysts in infants.