Fig. 30

Chronic ovarian torsion. A 42-year-old female patient with no significant past medical history presenting with progressively increasing blunt pelvic pain in the last two months. a US study demonstrated 6 cm mostly solid appearing mass (with central and peripheral cystic areas) (arrows) within the right adnexa. Axial plane postcontrast CT scan b confirmed the presence of the sonographically detected mass (arrows). Postsurgical pathological examination showed no evidence of malignant disease but confirmed chronic ovarian torsion