[Ultrasonic evaluation of multicystic ovaries in childhood].
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.
Klingmüller
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Röntgenabteilung Pädiatrie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
Koch
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Egidi
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Otten
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Piske-Keyser
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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
Sonographische Untersuchungen der multizystischen Ovarien im Kindesalter.