Open AccessDERMOID CYST OF OVAR
Author(s) -
Farhat Rashid,
Nazia Amjad
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.03.2882
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , dermoid cyst , cyst , ovarian cyst , echogenicity , surgery , radiology , ultrasound , pathology
The patient was a 23 years unbooked primigravida who presented through emergency with the history of gestationalamenorrhea of 12 weeks and acute pain in the left iliac fossa for the last 3 hours. Urgent ultrasound revealed viable pregnancy of 12 weeksalong with a large left ovarian cyst of heterogenous echogenicity. A diagnosis of torsion of right ovarian cyst was made and immediatelaparotomy was done after counseling of the family and preparing the patient. Per-operatively, it was found that left ovarian cyst had undergonetorsion. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of dermoid cyst.