title: Ovarian torsion: an unusual cause of abdominal pain in a young girl.
abstract: The case of a 6-year-old girl with right lower quadrant pain is presented. For several days, she had experienced pain that worsened and then was accompanied by vomiting and low-grade fever. Acute appendicitis was considered, but at laparotomy she was found to have a necrotic, torsed ovary. The natural history, clinical presentation, and diagnostic features of ovarian torsion are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL 61637, USA.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shust
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hendricksen
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality