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Massive Ovarian Oedema: A Nonneoplastic Adnexal Mass Mistaken for a Neoplasm
Author(s) -
Turan Cem,
Ugur Mustafa,
Mungan Tamer,
Taner Dilara,
Aydogdu Tugrul,
Cobanoglu Omer
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1996.tb02937.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oophorectomy , adnexal mass , neoplasm , ovarian cancer , surgery , pathology , hysterectomy , cancer
Summary Massive ovarian oedema (MOO) is an unusual clinical entity occurring in teenage girls and young women, and is thought to result from periodic and intermittent torsion of the ovarian pedicle. It is usually mistaken for an ovarian neoplasm and treated by oophorectomy. A case that underwent more radical surgery than is necessary is presented.