Abstract
Paraovarian cyst is very uncommon in children, and its preoperative diagnosis is difficult.
This report describes 2 cases of surgically proven paraovarian cyst with torsion.
It is important to be aware of torsion as a complication of paraovarian cyst. J Pediatr Surg 37:937-940. Copyright 2002, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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☆Address reprint requests to Tadao Okada, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chiba University, School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan.
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