ADNEXAL TORSION IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN: AN EVEN MORE CHALLENGING DIAGNOSIS
Rosália Coutada , Ana Rita Neiva , Elisabete Gonçalves
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Soraia Cunha
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Abstract
Adnexal torsion is usually diagnosed in pre-menopausal women and is less common in post-menopausal patients.
Symptoms of adnexal torsion are nonspecific and the risk of torsion in post-menopausal women presenting with an adnexal mass is often undervalued.
Because clinical presentation of adnexal torsion can mimic other causes of abdominal pain, the diagnosis is often delayed, and post-menopausal women are taken to surgery later than pre-menopausal ones.
We report a case of adnexal torsion in a post-menopausal woman presenting with pain and an adnexal mass.
