title: Autoamputation of ovarian cyst in an infant.
abstract: A right ovarian cyst was detected in a 34-week-gestation fetus on antenatal ultrasound scan (USS). Postnatal USS confirmed the presence of the cyst and showed it to be 4.6 cm in diameter. The cyst failed to resolve after a period of conservative management, and therefore surgical removal was performed. During the operation a free autoamputated right ovarian cysts was found. The complication had not been detected preoperatively in spite of regular USS follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aslam
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haworth
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Noblett
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal