1. Asymptomatic auto amputation of ovary and fallopian tube in a 2 days newborn: a case report
- Author
-
Chrysostomos Kepertis, Dimitrios Godosis, Ioannis Spyridakis, Vasileios Mouravas, Vassilis Lambropoulos, Kleanthis Anastasiadis, and Eleftheria Massa
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Right adnexa ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Floating ovary ,torsion ,Ovary ,General Medicine ,Asymptomatic ,autoamputation ,neonate ,case report ,Surgery ,Lesion ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Amputation ,Medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Adnexal cysts ,Autoamputation ,Fallopian tube - Abstract
Automatic amputation of the ovary represents a rather uncommon condition. Especially asymptomatic auto amputation is an even more unusual laparoscopic finding. We hereby present a case of a 2-days´-old infant with a prenatal ultrasound (US) diagnosis of a cystic mass, laparoscopically proved as an amputated right adnexa. The female infant was asymptomatic and had normal laboratory exams, including hormone levels, according to her age. The infant was managed surgically, as the size of the cystic lesion, both prenatally and postnatally was indicative of surgical intervention. Careful monitoring is critical for the management of cystic lesions diagnosed prenatally. Although rare, the suspicion of an auto-amputated ovary has to be risen during diagnostic approach of infants with adnexal cysts, especially when these lesions are supposed to “wander” during imaging examinations, and also taking into account the size of the lesion in order for a final approach and management to be established.
- Published
- 2021