title: Diagnosis of an autoamputated ovary with dermoid cyst during a Cesarean section.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an extremely rare case of an autoamputated ovary with a dermoid cyst diagnosed during a Cesarean section and review the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old pregnant woman submitted to Cesarean section and was incidentally diagnosed with absence of the right ovary, implanted in the cul-de-sac.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cesarean section and extraction of a pedunculated tumor formation from the cul-de-sac, adhesiolysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Histologic analysis of the extracted morphoma confirmed the diagnosis of a dermoid cyst with coexistence of residual ovarian tissue.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient had an uneventful postpartum period and was discharged home.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ovarian autoamputation is an extremely rare phenomenon that has uncertain etiology; it may develop after ovarian torsion or torsion of a dermoid cyst. It may be asymptomatic. Usual site of implantation is the greater omentum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peitsidou
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peitsidis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goumalatsos
authors.forename: Rena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Papaspyrou
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mitropoulou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Georgoulias
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010053:Ovary; D011247:Pregnancy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery