Document Type : Case Report Article
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Nekouei-Hedayati-Forghani Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
2 Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
Abstract
We present a 26-year-old woman with hypothyroidism that was treated with levothyroxine, and was hospitalized at 25 weeks of gestational age with diagnosis of ovarian torsion and underwent detorsion surgery, but finally, after a few weeks and during cesarean section, no trace and evidence of the ovary was observed, which suggests the phenomenon of spontaneous ovarian absorption.
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