Ovarian torsion associated with appendicitis in a 5-year-old girl: a case report and review of the literature.
Acute ovarian torsion is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain in female children and is often difficult to differentiate from other conditions causing lower abdominal pain. Acute adnexal pathology associated with appendicitis is very rare, with only a handful of reports available in the literature. Reported is a case of ovarian torsion associated with appendicitis in a 5-year-old girl along with a comprehensive literature review.
Hoey
Brian A
BA
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Trauma Network, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA. hoeyb@slhn.org
Stawicki
Stanislaw P
SP
Hoff
William S
WS
Veeramasuneni
Ravi K
RK
Kovich
Heather
H
Grossman
Michael D
MD
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome