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Case of the Week 4 2016

*23-year-old female with primary infertility.

How do you call ovaries pulled toward midline?

Answer

Answer: Kissing Ovary Sign

Case Discussion:

MR images demonstrating the kissing ovaries, bilateral endometriomas (chocolate cysts), and peritoneal inclusion cyst (peritoneal pseudocyst).

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Blood products in ovaries may cause adhesions to pull the ovaries toward the midline. This is considered a sign of pelvic endometriosis (1).

References:
1. Penelope L. Moyle, MBChB, Masako Y. Kataoka, MD, PhD, RadioGraphics 2010, 30, 921-938.