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Ovarian fibroma rarely occurs in prepubertal girls. However, we found such an asymptomatic, large, uncalcified pelvic mass in an otherwise healthy 12-year-old girl. The plain films (radiographs), US and CT findings are presented.
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Fibroma/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Ovarianas/diagnóstico , Criança , Feminino , Fibroma/cirurgia , Humanos , Neoplasias Ovarianas/cirurgia , Palpação , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
An antenatal detection of unilateral torsion of uterine adnexa was made by means of ultrasonography on the 32nd gestational week. This presented as an asymptomatic large "pseudo-cystic" mass, and was resected electively at the age of two weeks. A "fluid-fluid" level on ultrasonography is highly suggestive of this rare entity. This is the fourth case in the English literature to have been detected antenatally, and among the first dozen to be reported in the neonatal period.
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Tubas Uterinas/anormalidades , Ovário/anormalidades , Diagnóstico Pré-Natal , Ultrassonografia , Útero/anormalidades , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Gravidez , Anormalidade TorcionalRESUMO
In the aftermath of an extensive Egyptian Rift Valley fever (RVF) epidemic during 1977-78, RVF activity in the adjacent Sinai peninsula has been inferred from the presence of haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibodies in sera from indigenous humans and rodents. We attempted to confirm these findings by HI testing of sera from Israeli soldiers serving in the region of the El Arish Wadi system in the Sinai, and from indigenous rodents. Six of 199 human sera (3.0%) and two of 88 rodent sera (2.3%) were positive, but none reacted in the more specific plaque-reduction neutralization test. We conclude that there is no definitive serological evidence for RVF activity in the Sinai and that sera reacting in the HI test must be confirmed by a more specific serological procedure.