title: Management of ovarian cysts in infants.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To discuss the experience of diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cyst in infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review was conducted on 20 infants who suffered from ovarian cyst.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no dysplasia ovarian was found in children which were preoperatively diagnosed simplex cyst. Within thirteen children preoperatively detected mixed cystic-solid lesion, six cases ovarian cysts disappeared and two cases underwent poor blood supply in the following time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adverse effects for ovarian cyst in infants can be prevented by agressive surgical intervention. Harmful effects of ovarian cyst can be prevented by positive surgical intervention despite the diagnostic difficulties in children with clinical symptoms of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xue-Qiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nan-Nan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Bian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hong-Qiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Duan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu-Fei
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Sugery of Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xin-Ke
keywords: Infants; laparoscopic; ovarian cyst