Open AccessIncidental finding of an accessory ovary at laparoscopic surgery
Author(s) -
Toshio Fujimoto,
Keiko Tanaka,
Kyoko Yamada,
Kenji Shimahata
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gynecology and minimally invasive therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.441
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2213-3089
pISSN - 2213-3070
DOI - 10.4103/gmit.gmit_92_18
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , ovary , ovarian torsion , asymptomatic , genitourinary system , ovarian cyst , cyst , torsion (gastropod) , gynecology , surgery , anatomy , pathology
An accessory ovary is one of the rare gynecologic abnormalities of the female genital tract. The etiology of accessory ovary has been reported to be acquired origin, such as postsurgical or postinflammatory implants, and true embryologic origin. However, as in the present case with unremarkable medical history and no urogenital abnormalities, there are accessory ovaries that cannot be explained by these etiologies. In such cases, the etiology of accessory ovary might possibly be torsion of functional ovarian cyst during the fetal period or asymptomatic torsion of the functional ovarian cyst at some time after birth.