-VISIT OUR OTHER FORUMS- OB-GYN-L Ultrasound Ultrasound History Fibroid Forum Physicians-in-Training Tech Talk OBSTET-L (portuguese) OBGIN-L (spanish) Nursing

Re: Pediatric Dermoid From: Philip Suarez, M.D. (philip@ICSI.Net) Sun Jun 23 11:48:45 1996 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: MLNICHOL@aol.com: "change back to digest" Previous message: nalbf@mainelink.net: "Pediatric Dermoid" Maybe in reply to: nalbf@mainelink.net: "Pediatric Dermoid" Next in thread: Ingemar Joelsson: "Re: Pediatric Dermoid" > Interesting case: 3yr old girl who had an abdominal CT scan because > of abdominal pain that turned out to be due to strep throat. > Incidental finding was a 3cm ovarian mass with a tooth in it, > presumably a mature cystic teratoma. Any thoughts on whether it > should come out now or later? Anyone with experience with > laparoscopic surgery in pediatric patients? I await enlightenment. I would remove it now. The malignant potential of such a mass in a young child is greater. I think this is NOT a case for conservative management. Further, I would NOT consider laparoscopic surgery in such a small patient. I would involve a pediatric surgeon and explore her. Regards, Philip ----------------------------------------------------- Philip Suarez, M.D. philip@icsi.net ----------------------------------------------------- Fellow - American College Ob/Gyn -- ----------------------------------------------------- Delegate - Texas Medical Association President - Internet Connect Services, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------- Internet Connect Services, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------- http://www.icsi.net ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Physicians GenRx on the World Wide Web ----------------------------------------------------- Medicine's most complete drug compendium http://www.icsi.net/GenRx ----------------------------------------------------- Next message: MLNICHOL@aol.com: "change back to digest" Previous message: nalbf@mainelink.net: "Pediatric Dermoid" Maybe in reply to: nalbf@mainelink.net: "Pediatric Dermoid" Next in thread: Ingemar Joelsson: "Re: Pediatric Dermoid"

Return to

Mail a New Message to the Forum: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net Forum Administrator: geffrey.klein@obgyn.net Report Technical Problems: webmaster@obgyn.net Last Updated: Mon Nov 2 05:18:45 2009

The American Medical Association is no longer designating CME hours for AMA Category II CME credit. However, physicians themselves may self designate learning activities as Category II CME credit hours if they feel it is of sufficient educational merit and meets the formal definitions of continuing medical education. OBGYN.net believes these interaction in this forum meets these criteria. For further information see the AMA web site.