Ovarian cyst torsion and extreme ovarian stimulation in a premenopausal patient treated with tamoxifen for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.
Tamoxifen is increasingly used in adjuvant endocrine therapy for postsurgery breast cancer patients and in chemoprevention for high-risk patients. We present a case of bilateral ovarian cyst development with consecutive unilateral cyst torsion and elevated serum estradiol in a premenopausal patient treated with tamoxifen after breast-conserving surgery.
Taran
Andrei
A
Department of Gynecology, Medical Faculty of Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Eggemann
Holm
H
Costa
Serban-Dan
SD
Smith
Bobbie
B
Bischoff
Joachim
J
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016471:Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014463:Ultrasonography
D013629:Tamoxifen; D004958:Estradiol