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Case Reports
. 2014 May 27:18:95.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.18.95.1430. eCollection 2014.

Torsion of non-gravid uterus with ovarian cyst - an extremely rare case

Nusrat Havaldar  1 , Kiran Ashok  2
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Case Reports

Torsion of non-gravid uterus with ovarian cyst - an extremely rare case

Nusrat Havaldar et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Torsion of nongravid uterus is rare. Cases reported have occured during pregnancy. We report a case of a patient with acute abdominal pain. The patient showed a voluminous mass situated in the abdomen and noncontiguous to the uterus by ultrasound scan. Laparotomy confirmed the diagnosis of cystic ovarian mass with torsion of uterus.

Keywords: Torsion; nongravid uterus; ovarian cyst.

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