Article: Splenectomy and removal of bilateral huge chocolate cyst with ovarian preservation
Abstract
Case report: An unusual discovery of exceptionally large, bilateral chocolate (endometriotic) cysts of ovaries amidst dense pelvic adhesion and thick peritoneal collection due to occasional spill from the cyst in a young adolescent, encountered during spleenectomy performed for idiopathic thrombocytopenia is reported.
Keywords: Chocolate cysts, ovarian cyst, spleenectomy, thrombocytopaenia
G. Gurung
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, TU, Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj
A. Rana
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Surgery, T.U. Teaching hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
P. Joshi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Surgery, T.U. Teaching hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
P. Pradhan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Surgery, T.U. Teaching hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Chocolate cysts, ovarian cyst, spleenectomy, thrombocytopaenia
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https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.282
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