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Minerva Pediatrica 2010 April;62(2):227-30

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language: English

Massive ovarian edema in a prepubertal girl without signs of virilization or early puberty

Repetto P. ¹, Ceccarelli P. L. ¹, Bianchini M. A. ¹, Mordenti M. ¹, Durante V. ¹, Rivasi F. ², Cacciari A. ¹ ✉

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena Policlinic, Modena, Italy 2 Department of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena Policlinic, Modena, Italy

Massive ovarian edema is a rare cause of ovarian enlargement in young women. This article describes the case in a nine-year-old girl without signs of virilization or early puberty. The patient underwent laparotomy and a right oophorectomy was performed. The final pathology was massive ovarian edema. Awareness of this rare and benign lesion in young women and pediatric patients may allow a conservative management avoiding oophorectomy in some cases.