[Pedicle torsion, hemorrhagic ovarian infarct. A rare cause of pediatric acute abdomen].
The most common cause of acute abdomen in a child is acute appendicitis followed by mesenteric lymphadenitis, invagination, strangulation-ileus as a result of volvulus and more rarely perforated Meckel's diverticulum. However even with a child, from a differential diagnosis' aspect, a gynaecological cause should be taken in account too. From time to time one comes across a polycystic-alterated, with twisted lig. ovarii, haemorrhagic and infarctioned ovary without any endocrinological or other pathological irregularities which produces these complaints and symptoms. In the following casuistic such an instance is described.
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood; D014102:Torsion Abnormality
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Stielgedrehtes, hämorrhagisch infarziertes Ovar. Eine seltene Ursache des kindlichen akuten Abdomens.