Laparoscopic unwinding and cystectomy of twisted dermoid cyst during second trimester of pregnancy

A Abu-Musa; A Nassar; I Usta; A Khalil; M Hussein

doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60351-9

Laparoscopic unwinding and cystectomy of twisted dermoid cyst during second trimester of pregnancy

J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc. 2001 Aug;8(3):456-60. doi: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60351-9.

Authors

A Abu-Musa¹, A Nassar, I Usta, A Khalil, M Hussein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.O. Box 113-6044-6A, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 11509794
DOI: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60351-9

Abstract

A woman in the sixteenth week of pregnancy experienced acute abdominal pain, and magnetic resonance imaging suggested a dermoid cyst. Laparoscopic unwinding and cystectomy of the twisted cyst was performed successfully.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Dermoid Cyst / surgery*
Female
Humans
Laparoscopy*
Ovarian Diseases / surgery
Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery*
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Torsion Abnormality