UNILATERAL MASSIVE OVARIAN EDEMA MIMICKING OVARIAN MALIGNANCY

Iyibozkurt A. C., Dogan Y., TOPUZ S., Salihoglu Y., Bengisu E., Berkman S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, cilt.5, sa.1, ss.26-28, 2008 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.26-28
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: adnexial torsion, conservative surgery, massive ovarian edema, ovary
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Massive ovarian edema, only around 80 cases reported in literature, is a rare entity often misdiagnosed for a malignancy posing the patient at risk for over-treatment with resultant hormonal dysfunction and infertility.