Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to F Harlass.
During pregnancy ventriculoperitoneal shunts have reported complication rates of 30% to 60%. In this case a functionally occluded shunt resulted in prolonged increased intracranial pressure, pituitary stalk damage, and permanent central diabetes insipidus. This complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt occlusion during pregnancy has not been previously reported.
To date only 13 cases of histologically confirmed supernumerary ovary have been reported. This case met Wharton's criteria and histologically represents the 14th case. The patient had undergone a transabdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for chronic pelvic pain. Several years postoperatively she again presented with a complaint of pelvic pain. At surgery a mass was found on the anterior descending colon. The mass was bilobed and was projecting from beneath the taenia coli. The final pathology report revealed ovarian tissue.