ABSTRACT
Paratubal cysts complicated by tubo-ovarian torsion are an uncommon cause of acute right iliac fossa pain in children and very rarely diagnosed accurately preoperatively. We report a constellation of diagnostic CT features in a 12-year-old pubertal girl.
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Cysts/diagnostic imaging , Fallopian Tube Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Ovarian Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Abdomen, Acute/diagnostic imaging , Abdomen, Acute/etiology , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Fallopian Tube Diseases/complications , Female , Humans , Ovarian Diseases/complications , Torsion AbnormalityABSTRACT
The traditional treatment for endometrial cancer is a staging laparotomy. In patients with apparent early stage disease, laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy has been employed as an alternative. We present a retrospective uncontrolled case series of 16 cases with apparent stage I endometrial cancer from November 1994 to April 2001 managed by laparoscopic assisted surgical staging (LASS) at the Gynaecological Oncology Department, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. We have analysed outcome measures in terms of intra-operative complications, surgical morbidity and length of hospital stay, and have evaluated treatment success in terms of conversion to laparotomy, recurrent disease and mortality. Our findings indicate that LASS is a viable option in selected patients with apparent early endometrial cancer. Our initial experience with this modality of treatment thus proves that it has great potential in both treatment success and reduction of surgical morbidity. A larger case controlled trial would be ideal in order to substantiate these benefits.
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Endometrial Neoplasms/surgery , Laparoscopy/methods , Treatment Outcome , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Hysterectomy, Vaginal/methods , Length of Stay , Lymph Node Excision/methods , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Staging/methods , SingaporeABSTRACT
The authors made a 3-year retrospective study of cases of tubo-ovarian abscess surgically treated in KK Women's and Children's Hospital. In the period studied (1998 through 2000), there were 36 such cases. A total of 11 patients underwent laparoscopic treatment while 25 patients underwent laparotomy. The study demonstrates the differences in the patient profile and the short term morbidity in each mode of surgical treatment and the changing trends in the surgical treatment of tubo-ovarian abscess.
