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Discussion of Unusual Anatomy and Etiology

ABRAHAM ADNOPOZ, M.D.; JEROME G. DAVIS, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1951;62(2):292-294.

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Congenital abnormalities of the female genital tract are relatively common. Torsion of an ovarian cyst complicating pregnancy is frequently encountered. However, a twisted undescended ovarian cyst whose stalk passes through an open intersigmoid fossa has not been previously reported, as far as we could discover.

A review of the literature revealed many cases of ectopia of the ovary, but almost invariably the ectopic ovaries were situated in the inguinal region. Packard and Rector¹ in 1948 collected more than 300 cases of inguinal ectopia of the ovary. Occasionally² an ovarian cyst is found in an inguinal hernial sac. Van Meurs³ reported strangulation of an ovary and a fallopian tube in an obturator hernia. Although many anatomic variations were noted, there was no reference to an ovary herniating through the intersigmoid fossa.

REPORT OF CASE

Mrs. E. S., a white woman 22 years old, a nullipara, was examined on . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Prospect Heights Hospital.

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