Imaging Emergency Pelvic Diseases in Girls

In: Imaging Acute Abdomen in Children · 2017 · pp. 301–324 · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63700-6_24 · W2767219827
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This paper reviews sonographic findings for ovarian torsion in children and examines adnexal torsion presentations, diagnoses, and management in pediatric populations.

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This chapter is an imaging-focused review addressing emergency pelvic diseases in girls, drawing on a wide range of literature to describe diagnostic imaging patterns for acute conditions, including ovarian and adnexal torsion and related mimics. Across the cited pediatric radiology and gynecology studies, the work emphasizes sonographic and CT/MRI features and the clinical context that influence diagnostic performance, while also highlighting limitations such as diagnostic uncertainty and the need to consider false-negative or confounding presentations. The chapter also incorporates discussion of adolescent gynecologic conditions that can present with pelvic symptoms, including early-onset endometriosis and imaging-related considerations. This paper is centrally about endometriosis only insofar as it includes adolescent endometriosis as part of the broader emergency imaging differential in girls.

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