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CONTRERAS LEAL, Olimpia; RODRIGUEZ TABARES, Alejandro; CUE HERNANDEZ, Rolando  y  CONIEL LINARES, Emilia. Giant ovarian cyst in an adolescent: a case report. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp.235-240. ISSN 1561-3194.

A 13- year-old girl is presented, having undergone a good health and menarche at 11 years old, she has had vaginal bleeding frequently, and came to Pediatrics Clinics at Bata Littoral Provincial Hospital in Equatorial Guinea with the Pediatrician. The main symptoms were abdominal volume increase, more specifically at right hemiabdomen and pain to deep palpation. This case was sent to the Gynecologist and an ovarian tumor was suspected, afterwards verified by the ultrasonographic study. The patients was referred to surgery, the final clinical diagnosis was Right Ovary Giant Cyst, weighing 6 kg. The histological diagnosis was not assessed because the lack of pathology lab in this country. Following the macroscopic features the tumor was treated as a Simple Serous Cyst. The patient had a favorable evolution.

Palabras clave : Ovarian cyst.

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