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Simultaneous bilateral ovarian torsion in the follicular phase after gonadotropin stimulation.

Kang HJ, Davis OK, Rosenwaks Z

The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. heyjookang@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE: To present and discuss the first report of follicular phase bilateral ovarian torsion following a cancelled IVF cycle. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University-based assisted reproductive technology program. PATIENT(S): A 41-year-old nulligravid patient on day 3 of her menses following a cancelled IVF cycle. INTERVENTION(S): Gonadotropin ovulation induction; laparoscopy with detorsion of left and right ovaries; aspiration of cysts. RESULT(S): Ovarian torsion resolved; follicular development in the following natural cycle. CONCLUSION(S): This is a unique case of simultaneous bilateral ovarian torsion following a cancelled IVF cycle and presenting in the ensuing follicular phase. Physicians should be aware of this unusual risk related to persistently enlarged ovaries in the cycle following gonadotropin stimulation. Furthermore, management of the infertility patient should be conservative and focused on ovarian preservation whenever feasible. Early surgical intervention can permit reperfusion and salvage of the affected adnexa.

Published 2 August 2006 in Fertil Steril, 86(2): 462.e13-4.
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