Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome followed by ovarian torsion in premenopausal patient using adjuvant tamoxifen treatment for breast cancer
Author(s) -
Behnaz Moradi,
Mohammad Ali Kazemi,
Maryam Rahamni,
Masoumeh Gity
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2305-0519
pISSN - 2305-0500
DOI - 10.1016/j.apjr.2016.08.001
Subject(s) - ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome , tamoxifen , medicine , gynecology , adjuvant , ovarian cancer , breast cancer , ovarian torsion , oncology , torsion (gastropod) , cancer , surgery , pregnancy , biology , in vitro fertilisation , genetics
Tamoxifen is a popular medication used in the adjuvant therapy of hormone sensitive breast cancer. In this case report we describe a 39 years old woman presented with ovarian hyperstimulation on the underlying thamoxifen treatment and consecutive ovarian torsion
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