title: [Acute abdomen as a complication of a molar pregnancy].
abstract: To report a case of bilateral ovarian torsion after a molar pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 18 year old female was admitted for a 7 week molar pregnancy. A week after uterine evacuation the patient was readmitted to the emergency room with acute abdomen. Exploratory laparotomy revealed torsion and necrosis of both ovaries. A bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. The anatomopathology study confirms both ovaries with hyperrectio luteinalis and hemorrhagic infarct. Acute abdomen secondary to torsion and necrosis of thecalutein cysts can be a molar pregnancy-related complication.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ginecología, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, México DF. ezcovarmd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Luis Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Escobar-Ponce
authors.forename: Ana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Arteaga-Gómez
authors.forename: Andrea Alicia
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Olguin-Ortega
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006828:Hydatidiform Mole / Q000150:complications*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000209:etiology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*