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Radiology, Vol 154, 773-775, Copyright © 1985 by Radiological Society of North America

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Uterine adnexal torsion: sonographic findings

MA Warner, AC Fleischer, SL Edell, GA Thieme, AL Bundy, AB Kurtz and AE James Jr

Acute torsion of the uterine adnexal structures (ovary and fallopian tube) is a recognized surgical emergency, but rarely has the diagnosis been made preoperatively on the basis of imaging studies. This report describes 16 cases in which the diagnosis was suggested preoperatively on the basis of sonography and subsequently confirmed at surgery. In all of the patients studied, a pelvic or pelvoabdominal mass was present on sonography. These masses had a sonographic texture ranging from cystic to solid, depending on the presence and extent of internal hemorrhage and/or stromal edema. In the majority of patients (13 of 16), adnexal torsion was associated with a preexisting cystic adnexal mass. Eight of these had thin internal septae. The severity of symptoms was variable and did not correlate directly with the sonographic features of the pelvic mass. Consideration of this entity in the proper clinical setting and with the typical sonographic findings will facilitate prospective recognition of adnexal torsion, thereby improving the chances for salvage of the involved adnexal structures.


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