A CASE OF BILATERAL TERATOMA OF OVARY WITH TORSION
Dr. Vijay David Raj R.* and Dr. Natarajan Suresh
ABSTRACT
27 year female came to casualty with complaints of abdominal pain for 3 days, which was sharp, non-radiating type of pain, not subsiding on pain killers. USG abdomen revealed torsion of left ovary with a cyst of 12 x 8 x 5 cm and right ovarian cyst measuring 2 x 2 x 1 cm. Emergency left salpingo-oophorectomy done and right ovarian cystectomy done. Teratoma of ovary are benign/malignant tumors that are easily detected by pelvic ultrasonography. Teratomas are common cause of torsion ovary presenting with acute abdominal pain. However, patients of bilateral teratomas are rarely seen. Routine checking of the contra-lateral ovary during the surgical procedure along with frequent postoperative pelvic sonography for both ovaries in patients with high recurrence is necessary. Surgery must be done accordingly without affecting the fertility and recurrent surgeries.
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