title: Conservative laparoscopic treatment of a benign giant ovarian cyst in a young woman.
abstract: Giant ovarian cysts are very rare. Recently, laparoscopic treatment, with extirpation of the giant cyst and associated oophorectomy, has been reported. In this article, we describe the first case of complete laparoscopic enucleating of a giant serous cystoadenomyoma with preservation of residual ovarian parenchyma in an 18-year-old girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Via Plebiscito, 628 Catania 95100, Italy. rvecchio@unict.it
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vecchio
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leanza
authors.forename: Fortunato
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Genovese
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Accardi
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gelardi
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Intagliata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy