Open AccessREPETITIVE OVARIAN TORSION AS WARNING SIGN OF SEROUS AND MUCINOUS CYSTADENOMA IN CHILDREN - REPORT OF TWO CASES
Author(s) -
Usiwoma Okeroghene Ataikiru,
Emil Radu Iacob,
Călin Marius Popoiu,
Rodica Heredea,
Corina Stănciulescu,
Eugen Sorin Boia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnalul pediatrului
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2360-4557
pISSN - 2065-4855
DOI - 10.37224/jp.2020.9192.06
Subject(s) - medicine , serous cystadenoma , mucinous cystadenoma , ovarian cyst , abdomen , cystadenoma , radiology , cyst , ovary , pancreas
Cystadenomas are surface epithelial-stromal tumors. Although they are the most common type of ovarian tumor, seen mostly from late adolescent age, yet, they remain difficult to accurately diagnose clinically due to their diverse presentations similar to other diseases like functional cyst and appendicitis. We report the cases of two pediatric patients. The first one aged seventeen years and six months old with serous cystadenoma and the second patient aged seventeen years and three months old with mucinous cystadenoma, presenting with abdominal pain in the level of the right iliac fossa and abdominal pain in the inferior part of the abdomen respectively aiming to reveal some warning signs and particularities in diagnosis and management of female pediatric patients with ovarian cystadenomas. Conclusion: Recurrent ovarian torsion or recurrent cyst formation is a warning sign of mucinous cystadenoma and serous cystadenoma tumor requiring further investigations and treatment.