Auto-amputated ovary presenting as abdominal mass in an infant

Among female infants, a mass in the abdomen carries a large number of differential diagnoses. A relatively uncommon condition is ovarian cyst, which may be encountered among such patients. Even more rare condition is auto-amputation of ovary. We herein, present a case of a female infant who presented as abdominal mass and turned out to be autoamputation of right ovary attached to mesentery of intestine. It was excised successfully and the patient is doing well at 3 years follow-up

unusual abdominal wall defect in a child

To Anterior abdominal wall defects distant form umbilicus on left side, without associated anomalies are very uncommon entity. We present a case of 11 months old child wh. had an unusually located abdominal wall defect, which was closed using fascia lata successfully