Massive edema of the ovary. A clinicopathologic study of one case and review of the literature
Le Tourneau, A.; Audouin, J.; Guimard, F.; Petit, C.; Poitout, P.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 57(29-32): 1321-1324
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 6269208 Document Number: 175821
The first observation of a massive ovarian edema with frozen-section examination of a biopsy specimen and ovarian preservation is related. A 27-year-old woman had a 12 cm right ovarian mass on twisted pedicle. After the ovary was untwisted and biopsied and while waiting for the frozen section study, the ovary returned to normal size and aspect. Ovarian preservation was decided. The elements of histopathologic diagnosis, in particular for a frozen-section examination of ovarian biopsy, are listed and discussed. Diagnostic difficulties must be solved by : clinical and peroperative macroscopic findings, a large biopsy specimen, allowing several frozen-section studies, in order to detect ovarian follicles scattered by the edema, which alone allows the affirmation of the diagnosis.