Multiple recurrences of adnexal torsion in a 9-year-old girl: a case report

Most girls with abdominal pain syndrome caused by gynecological pathology are admitted to pediatric surgery departments. When adnexal torsion is detected, detorsion is performed. There is no single protocol for ovariopexy. A 9-year-old girl was admitted to the surgical hospital of the Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital No. 2 in Voronezh for the first time because of nagging pain in the lower abdomen. Vomiting was noted at the height of the pain syndrome. Ultrasound of the pelvic organs revealed torsion of the right uterine appendages. Laparoscopy showed that the right ovary was purple and enlarged in size and torsion of the uterine appendages by 720°. Detorsion of the right adnexal torsion was conducted, and blood supply was restored after 10 minutes. The child was discharged on hospitalization day 9. Five months later, the patient was admitted with repeated right adnexal torsion. Laparoscopic detorsion was performed: blood flow was restored, and the ovary was found to be viable. The patient was recommended to be hospitalized at the Federal Medical Center in Moscow for laparoscopic ovariopexy; however, her patients refused further treatment. The girl was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 9. After 11 days, recurrent torsion of the right uterine appendages by 720° occurred, and laparoscopic detorsion was performed. Ten days after consulting a gynecologist, laparoscopic fixation of the right uterine appendages was planned. Ovariopexy was performed by suturing the ovary to the broad ligament of the uterus with an interrupted suture. The patient was discharged from the hospital in a satisfactory condition. Four months following ovariopexy, the child had no complaints, and ultrasound showed no pathological changes in the ovaries.