title: Ovarian torsion in a patient with müllerian agenesis: increased risk?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with müllerian agenesis may be at an increased risk of ovarian torsion due to the absence of the utero-ovarian ligament and the fact that the ovary is not tethered to a fixed and relatively non-mobile structure, the uterus.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a 14-year-old female with abdominal pain who had a physical examination suggestive of müllerian agenesis. Imaging was non-diagnostic and demonstrated an abdominal mass. Emergent surgery revealed ovarian torsion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present this case of ovarian torsion and müllerian agenesis, in order to highlight the association and to review potential risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Erin.Sullivan@stjude.org
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Neville H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Golden
authors.forename: Paula J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Adams Hillard
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009336:Necrosis; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery