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BILATERAL NON FUNCTIONNING THECOMA OF THE OVARY IN EPILEPTIC CHILDREN UNDER ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY
Author(s) -
SCHWEISGUTH ODILE,
GERARDMARCHANT RÉMI,
PLAINFOSSE BERNARD,
LEMERLE JEAN,
WATCHI JEAN M.,
SERINGE PHILIPPE
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1971.tb06610.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ovary , anticonvulsant , precocious puberty , epilepsy , pediatrics , gynecology , psychiatry , hormone
Summary The peculiar features of two bilateral thecoma of the ovary are described. They were discovered because of a rapid enlargement of the abdomen with hemorrhagic ascites, but without any sign of precocious puberty. They occurred in young females treated with anti‐convulsant therapy for epilepsy. They have been cured with surgery alone. A third case has been found in the literature. Discussion is raised about the meaning of this association. The possible relationship with side‐effect of anti‐epileptic drugs is suggested.