title: Laparoscopic detorsion of isolated idiopathic fallopian tube torsion: conservative treatment in a 13-year-old girl.
abstract: Isolated fallopian tube torsion (IFTT) is a rare entity in adolescent girls. Invasive surgery, salpingectomy, was used during the initial surgery or at the time of recurrent torsion in 87% of previously reported cases. Herein, the authors present an adolescent premenarcheal girl with idiopathic IFTT, which was treated by laparoscopic detorsion, to emphasize that tubal torsion should be included in the list of differential diagnoses of abdominal pain in adolescent girls. Minimally invasive, organ-saving surgery should be done, and the child should be followed up for recurrent torsion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ikarnak@hacettepe.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ardıçlı
authors.forename: Saniye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ekinci
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oğuz
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloğlu
authors.forename: F Cahit
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tanyel
authors.forename: İbrahim
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Karnak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*