[Massive ovarian edema--a case report]

A case with massive ovarian oedema, which is a rare pseudotumorous condition in young women, is described. The conceptions about the etiology and pathogenesis are considered as well as the morphological changes (with the corresponding clinical symptoms) which could be found in the affected ovary. Attention is drawn to the differential diagnostical difficulties and to the possibilities of semiconservative treatment of this rare clinicomorphological entity.