Giant Follicular Cyst of Ovary in an Adolescent Girl
Cystic abdominal lesions are extremely common in adolescent girls and are now diagnosed more frequently due to the availability of better imaging modalities. Presentations as huge cysts have become rare as most of them are diagnosed and treated early. Adolescent girls presenting with huge benign a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4542/8649_CE[Ra1]_F(DK)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(AGAK)_PF2(PN).pdf |
| Summary: | Cystic abdominal lesions are extremely common in adolescent girls and are now diagnosed more frequently due to the availability of
better imaging modalities. Presentations as huge cysts have become rare as most of them are diagnosed and treated early. Adolescent
girls presenting with huge benign abdominal cysts is not uncommon, most of them due to serious cystadenomas of the ovary, but large
follicular cysts are rare. We present a 13-year-old girl who presented with a large abdominal mass which was subsequently diagnosed as
juvenile follicular cyst of the ovary. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |