title: CT, MRI and laparoscopy findings of a retroperitoneally herniated ovary causing acute abdominal pain.
abstract: We report a case of a young woman presenting with abdominal pain due to a rare and recurrent herniation of the ovary, to a retroperitoneal location lateral to the external iliac artery and directly dorsal to the iliopsoas muscle. Correlation between computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and laparoscopy is presented. The patient's complaints subsided after right oophoropexy. When aware, this diagnosis is easy to make and may allow symptomatic patients to be treated with laparoscopic oophoropexy.
authors.affiliation: Division Woman and Baby, Department of Gynaecological Oncology and Surgical Gynaecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, j.hoogendam@umcutrecht.nl.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hoogendam
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Zweemer
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Schaap
authors.forename: H W R
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Schreuder
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Veldhuis
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed