Abstract
Study Objective
To investigate characteristics that differentiate premenarchal girls with ovarian
torsion (OT) from those without OT at the time of surgery.
Design
Retrospective chart review of 36 premenarchal girls who underwent 42 surgeries for
either OT (n = 33) or a nontorsed ovarian mass (n = 9) from 2006 to 2017.
Setting
Large, tertiary care academic institution.
Participants
We included patients aged 0-12 years with International Classification of Diseases,
Ninth Revision codes for torsion of the ovary, adnexa, ovarian pedicle, or fallopian
tube. Controls had International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes
for ovarian mass or cyst, who also underwent surgery and did not have OT.
Interventions
Records were reviewed for patient characteristics including laboratory and imaging
studies, surgical intervention, and pathologic diagnosis. Fischer exact test and the
nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test were used for statistical analysis.
Main Outcome Measures
Characteristics predictive of OT in premenarchal girls.
Results
Twenty-nine premenarchal patients were diagnosed with 33 episodes of OT. Nine patients
underwent surgery for ovarian masses but did not have OT. All patients with OT reported
abdominal pain (compared with 55.6% without OT; P < .001) and most had nausea and/or emesis (81.8% vs 33.3%; P < .009). Ultrasound findings of ovarian enlargement and decreased Doppler flow were
significant in the OT group (P < .083, P < .009). There were 2 cases of malignancy in each group.
Conclusion
Patients with OT had significantly more nausea, emesis, and abdominal pain compared
with those without OT. Additionally, 2 of 4 malignancies were found in patients with
OT, indicating that malignancy should still be considered with large, complex masses.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 24, 2018
Footnotes
The authors indicate no conflicts of interest.
J.T. and M.W.R. contributed equally to this work.
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© 2018 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Published by Elsevier Inc.
