Case ReportLaparoscopic Intervention in Acute Crohn's Disease Involving an Ovary
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Case Report
Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for this case. In October 2015 a 27-year-old nulligravida woman with underlying CD and an ovarian mass was transferred to the department of minimally invasive gynecology from the gastroenterology ward of Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland, after hospitalization for 3 days because of pelvic pain and fever.
Discussion
To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ovarian CD managed by laparoscopy with all the associated benefits. In light of the previous cases of CD and ovarian granuloma that have been managed by laparotomy (Table 1) 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, this report raises the question regarding the possibility and safety of conservative management, refraining from gynecologic interventions completely, and the best therapeutic option to preserve fertility.
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A case-report on diverticulitis misdiagnosed as tubo-ovarian abscess
2021, Annals of Medicine and SurgeryCitation Excerpt :The removal of abscesses wall included salpingo-oophorectomy, hysterectomy and colectomy. Overall, 7 cases of TOA complicated with diverticulitis (1 appendix diverticulitis and 2 sigmoid) were seen [12–21]. Usually, pelvic abscess in women is attributed to genital organ and other causes are ignored.
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