follicular cyst/abdominal pain

OBJECTIVE The study of the etiological aspects of acute abdominal pain in children, in order to perceive the clinical-etiological correlations and the disorders distribution related to age, gender and the origin of the patients. METHODS The criteria for including patients were age (between 0 and 18

BACKGROUND --Ovarian cysts are common in childhood but most are non functioning. Treatment of those follicular cysts that develop in young children may be difficult. METHODS Case no. 1.--A 1 1/2 month-old baby was admitted because of an acute abdominal syndrome. Ultrasonography showed a pelvic,

Twenty girls aged 1 day to 17 years have been studied for ovarian follicular cysts. Clinical features leading to the discovery of the follicular cyst were different in prepubertal girls and in girls whose cyst was discovered during puberty. Before seven years of age, four girls presented a

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of ovarian torsion is mandatory to avoid common complications. Sonography is the imaging modality of choice, but diagnosis is still a challenge. OBJECTIVE To report an additional sonographic feature of ovarian torsion in order to improve diagnostic

OBJECTIVE Functional ovarian lesions represent 45% of all pediatric adnexal abnormalities. Their surgical management, even if frequent, is not clear, especially in pediatric age. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 22 pediatric patients surgically treated for functional ovarian lesions from 2000 to

It's perform a descriptive study about a series of events with the purpose of discover the own characteristics of ovarian cysts and which characteristics determine its treatment. In the 41 patients (10 newborn, 14 prepubertal females and 17 post-menarchal females) we analyzed their symptoms,

Over a five-year period, we treated 16 children ranging in age from 8 weeks to 16 years for ovarian masses. The most frequent clinical manifestation was abdominal pain and/or mass. Ultrasonography correctly localized the lesion and delineated its nature in nine of ten cases. Operation in 15 showed

37 girls, 2 to 16 years of age, with 38 ovarian tumours or ovarian cysts were treated between 1971 and 1986. 14 patients had teratomas, 8 cystadenomas, 11 follicular cysts and 5 cysts of parovarian origin. 2 of the teratomas were malignant. Abdominal pain was the leading symptom in 32 patients, an

We report a case of torsion of an ovarian follicular cyst that developed during treatment with tamoxifen for breast cancer. A 40-year-old Japanese woman was admitted complaining of acute lower abdominal pain. Eight months earlier, she had undergone a partial mastectomy and local irradiation for

Acute pelvic pain may be the manifestation of various gynecologic and non-gynecologic disorders from less alarming rupture of the follicular cyst to life threatening conditions such as rupture of ectopic pregnancy or perforation of inflamed appendix. In order to construct an algorithm for

OBJECTIVE Adnexal torsion constitutes 2.7% of gynecological emergencies, it is more frequently seen in reproductive age. Delay in diagnosis and treatment may lead to loss of the ovary. In this study, we aimed to assess patients who had adnexal torsion and compare laparoscopy with laparotomy in the

Ovarian hemangiomas are benign and rare tumors of female genital tract with less than 60 reported cases in the literature. A 38- yr- old woman was admitted to Be'sat Hospital, Tehran, Iran in 2012, due to severe abdominal pain. Ultrasound evaluation revealed a 6 cm left ovarian cystic mass and serum

BACKGROUND Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints made by patients visiting emergency departments; however, ovarian torsion is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain, especially in young children. Early diagnosis is essential in order to salvage the ovaries. We performed a retrospective

Over 62 million women in the United States are of childbearing age and 60% of them use contraception. Subcutaneous contraceptives include implantable contraceptives and subcutaneous injections. Implantable contraception involves subdermal time-release of synthetic progestin, which allows for several

We report a unique case of a 28-yr-old woman with a gonadotroph adenoma secreting FSH, presented with ovarian hyperstimulation, without elevation of serum estradiol. She presented with abdominal pain and large ovaries (both 10 cm in diameter) with multiple follicular cysts shortly after