Introduction:Ovarian cysts are rare pathologies in infants. They represent 1% to 2% of
all abdominal tumors in children. Abdominal pain is the most frequent initial
sign. Sometimes the discovery is fortuitous, revealed by an abdominal
ultrasound. We report here the case of an ovarian cyst in an infant in order to clarify the diagnostic and therapeutic
particularities. Patient and observation: 2-year-old
infant, female, weighing 12 kg and with no particular pathological history, was
admitted to our department for pain plus abdominal mass evolving for 2 months.The
clinical examination had noted: a mass ranging from FID to hypogastrium,
painless, of firm consistency, with regular contour, with a
smooth and mobile surface in relation to the deep plane. The abdominal ultrasound performed had concluded to a
mesenteric cyst. The treatment consisted of a monobloc total cystectomy with
preservation of the healthy ovarian tissue by a transverse laparotomy
under the umbilical. The postoperative course was simple; the histological
study of the surgical specimen had concluded to a serous cystadenoma. Conclusion: Ovarian cysts are benign tumors in most cases. Abdominal pain is the most common initial symptom at
any age. Sometimes they can be incidentally discovered by ultrasound. The
preservation of healthy ovarian tissue in the rules of oncological surgery
allows the preservation of subsequent fertility.
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