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Torted ovarian cyst with lethal bleeding diathesis in an infant
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, 632 004, India.
Pediatric Surgery International
|March 18, 1999
Abstract:
We report a 9-month-old infant with a torted ovarian cyst who presented with an acute consumptive coagulopathy (CC) with lethal outcome. That ischemic tissue can act as a trigger for a CC is well-known, but we did not find any report of a torted ovarian cyst causing a coagulopathy in the pediatric literature. This potential complication constitutes one more reason for the prompt surgical removal of torted ovarian cysts in infants.