title: [Ovarian torsion in childhood].
abstract: A six year old afebrile girl was referred to the emergency department with abdominal pain in the right lower region. A retrouterine partially cystic lesion with an inhomogene echogenity was demonstrated by transabdominal ultrasound. Pelvic MR showed an enlarged right-sided ovary and a thickened vascular pedicle as well as few adjacent free fluid. Diagnosis of ovarian torsion was confirmed intraoperatively. Conservative ovary-sparing treatment was not possible, so right-sided adnexectomy followed. Histopathologically a haemorrhagic infarction of the ovary and the tube was seen. No signs of malignancy and no tumor could be detected.
authors.affiliation: Radiologisches Institut, Kantonsspital Baden. frank.tschirch@ksb.ch
authors.forename: F T C
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Tschirch
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kubik-Huch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wopmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Komminoth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otto
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D019160:Endosonography; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality