title: [Ultrasonic evaluation of multicystic ovaries in childhood].
abstract: High resolution real-time ultrasound showed multicystic pattern of the ovaries in 30 prepubertal infants. In three neonates the cystic abdominal tumour was known since the 33/34 gestational week; the sonographic diagnosis of ovarian cyst was confirmed by the pathologist. The ultrasound study was carried out in 10 patients with suspected idiopathic precocious puberty, whereas in 17 patients, almost 2/3 of the remaining 27 girls, the multicystic ovaries were a fortuitous finding. The maximal diameter of the cysts was 8 mm in multicystic ovaries, one solitary cyst was 13 mm. The follow-up study of 13 patients demonstrated a change in the sonographic pattern. The multicystic structure of the prepubertal ovary is a common finding and must be interpreted as normal.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung Pädiatrie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Klingmüller
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Egidi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Otten
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piske-Keyser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographische Untersuchungen der multizystischen Ovarien im Kindesalter.