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Year: 2016 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 285-288

Ovarian Torsion in a 16 Weeks Pregnant Female - Case Report

Gamli Angu1, Arvind Pradhan2, Smurti Kamble1

1Specialist Medical Officer, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shastrinagar Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
2Medical Advisor, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Corresponding Author: Gamli Angu

ABSTRACT

Torsion of ovary during pregnancy is rather rare occurrence. And the majority of such cases encountered have shown the presence of torsion on the right side probably due to the presence of sigmoid colon on the left side. Here we present a case of torsion of the ovary seen during the 2nd trimester. The patient came to us with severe pain in abdomen during her antenatal period. A case of acute abdomen was diagnosed and urgent ultrasound was done which was suggestive of torsion of the left enlarged ovary. Patient was taken up for urgent laparotomy and left salpingo-oophorectomy was done. Pregnancy was preserved and continued till term when she delivered a healthy child. Here we would like to highlight the need for greater suspicion in case of clinical symptoms such as abdominal pain nausea vomiting which may be dismissed as nonspecific manifestation of pregnancy and the need for incorporating ultrasonography for the correct diagnosis and management.

Key words: ovarian torsion, pregnancy, laparotomy, ultrasound.

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