Acute ovarian torsion in young girls

Abstract

Objective: To get to know about the clinical presentation of ovarian torsion in young girls. Methods: From January 2009 to January 2014, 4 patients were treated in our hospital for ovarian torsion. The ages of the patients at surgery were 3, 9, 141, 151 months, with a mean age of 76 months. Results: In all cases, the ovary was necrotic at the time of surgery. Conclusions: Ovarian torsion is a rare gynecological emergency in children which requires an early surgical intervention to save the ovary from necrosis. Unfortunately, surgical treatment was belated in all our patients.

Keywords

• Ovarian torsion
• Gynecological emergency
• Adnexal torsion
• Abdominal pain