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[Acute abdomen as a complication of a molar pregnancy]
Luis Fernando Escobar-Ponce1, Ana Cristina Arteaga-Gómez, Andrea Alicia Olguin-Ortega
1Departamento de Ginecología, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, México DF. ezcovarmd@hotmail.com
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To report a case of bilateral ovarian torsion after a molar pregnancy.
Clinical Case:
An 18 year old female was admitted for a 7 week molar pregnancy. A week after uterine evacuation the patient was readmitted to the emergency room with acute abdomen. Exploratory laparotomy revealed torsion and necrosis of both ovaries. A bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. The anatomopathology study confirms both ovaries with hyperrectio luteinalis and hemorrhagic infarct. Acute abdomen secondary to torsion and necrosis of thecalutein cysts can be a molar pregnancy-related complication.
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