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  • Title: Adnexal Incarceration in a Posterior Pelvic Peritoneal Defect Mimics Ovarian Torsion.
    Author: Jackson AM, Hope ER, Phippen NT.
    Journal: J Minim Invasive Gynecol; 2015; 22(6):1113-5. PubMed ID: 26044591.
    Abstract:
    Surgery for suspected ovarian torsion sometimes reveals unexpected sources of pelvic pain, such as internal hernias, adhesions, or anatomic defects. A 23-year-old nulligravida with Alagille syndrome was taken to the operating room with suspected ovarian torsion. Intraoperatively, the right adnexa bulged out of a right-sided, posterior peritoneal cleft that incarcerated most of the enlarged ovary. No ovarian torsion was identified. The left adnexa appeared to be normal; however, it dwelled within a left-sided posterior peritoneal cleft. The bilateral posterior peritoneal defects that housed the adnexa were likely of congenital etiology. Although adnexal incarceration is a rare finding at surgery for suspected ovarian torsion, it should be part of the differential diagnosis when evaluating acute pelvic pain.
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