Giant Ovarian Cyst in a Newborn Infant

Abstract

OVARIAN cysts producing symptoms in early life are rare, and in the newborn infant almost unknown. Symptoms are almost invariably the result of torsion. Diagnosis is seldom made prior to operation. Doran,¹ in 1888, described the post-mortem appearance of a seven-month premature infant who survived birth by a few minutes as follows:The abdomen was distended, the subcutaneous veins were prominent. The integuments above the level of the umbilicus were discolored through ecchymosis.In 1936 Haines and Edgerly² made a review and reported cases of cysts being removed for abdominal symptoms but not for symptoms suggesting intestinal obstruction. A similar . . .