Ovarian torsion-detorsion in a 10-year premenarchial female with chronic recurrent abdominal pain misdiagnosed as 'ama-afo' in a suburb: A case report
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
.
2024 Aug;166(2):899-902.
doi: 10.1002/ijgo.15460.
Epub 2024 Mar 19.
Authors
Emeka Philip Igbodike
1
2
,
Ijeoma Chinyere Iwuala
1
,
Rita Obiageli Maduako
3
,
George Uchenna Eleje
4
5
,
Andrea Oludapo Akinjo
6
,
Akaninyene Eseme Ubom
2
,
Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Ikechebelu
4
5
,
Uchenna Onwudiegwu
7
,
Charles Chidozie Anunobi
6
Affiliations
1
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Havana Specialist Hospital, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.
2
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
3
Department of Pediatrics, Havana Specialist Hospital, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.
4
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
5
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi Campus, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
6
Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
7
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bayelsa Medical University, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
PMID:
38504528
DOI:
10.1002/ijgo.15460
No abstract available
Keywords:
abdominal pain; girl‐child; ovarian torsion; premenarchial; ‘ama‐afo’.
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Abdominal Pain* / etiology
Adult
Diagnostic Errors*
Female
Humans
Ovarian Torsion* / diagnosis
Recurrence