Acute abdomen as a complication of a molar pregnancy
Escobar-Ponce, L.F.; Arteaga-Gómez, A.C.; Olguin-Ortega, A.A.
Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico 81(9): 541-544
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9041 PMID: 24187818 Document Number: 665374
To report a case of bilateral ovarian torsion after a molar pregnancy. An 18 year old female was admitted for a 7 week molar pregnancy. A week after uterine evacuation the patient was readmitted to the emergency room with acute abdomen. Exploratory laparotomy revealed torsion and necrosis of both ovaries. A bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. The anatomopathology study confirms both ovaries with hyperrectio luteinalis and hemorrhagic infarct. Acute abdomen secondary to torsion and necrosis of thecalutein cysts can be a molar pregnancy-related complication.