Table 1 Review of the tubo-ovarian abscess cases reported to date in virginal girls and women.
Case No. | Authors | Year of case publication | Age (years) | Symptoms | Preoperative diagnosis | Postoperative diagnosis | Surgical procedure | Concomitant events as possible causal factors | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Teng et al. | 1996 | 47 | Abdominal pain, fever | TOA or peri-appendiceal abscess | TOA | Hysterectomy, BSO, appendectomy | Bacteremia after cat scratch | Pasteurella multocida |
2 | Moore et al. | 1999 | 15 | Abdominal pain, fever | Pelvic mass | TOA | LSO | Recurrent UTI | Escherichia coli |
3 | Leong and Bowditch | 2001 | 23 | Abdominal pain | Ovarian tumor | TOA | Laparoscopic RSO | Unknown | Negative |
4 | Fumino et al. | 2002 | 13 | Abdominal pain, fever | TOA | TOA | LSO | Vaginoplasty for cloacal anomaly | Not mentioned |
5 | Dogan et al. | 2004 | 19 | Abdominal pain | Ovarian tumor | TOA | Wedge resection of ovary | Ascending infection from the lower genital tract | Escherichia coli, etc |
6 | Arda et al. | 2004 | 15 | Abdominal pain, fever | TOA | TOA | Laparoscopic abscess drainage | Concomitant UTI | Escherichia coli |
7 | Hartmann et al. | 2009 | 16 | Abdominal pain, fever | Inflammation of the ovary | TOA | Laparoscopy for diagnosis | Crohn’s disease | Bacteroides uniformis, etc |
8 | Hartmann et al. | 2009 | 12 | Abdominal pain, fever | Large dominant ovarian cyst | TOA | Laparoscopy for diagnosis | Recurrent UTI | Escherichia coli |
9 | Gensheimer et al. | 2010 | 20 | Abdominal pain, fever | Complex hemorrhagic cyst | TOA | RSO, small bowel resection, appendectomy | Genitourinary or gastrointestinal spread | Abiotrophia spp., etc |
10 | Ashrafganjooei et al. | 2011 | 24 | Abdominal pain, fever | Necrotic pelvic tumor or pelvic abscess | TOA | TAH, RSO | Unknown | Mixed organisms |
11 | Tuncer et al. | 2012 | 30 | Abdominal pain, fever | TOA | TOA | Percutaneous drainage | Sigmoid diverticulitis | Escherichia coli, etc |
12 | Sakar et al. | 2012 | 13 | Abdominal pain, menstrual disorder | Ovarian tumor | TOA | Left salpingectomy | Ascending infection from the lower genital tract | Not mentioned |
13 | Simpson-Camp et al. | 2012 | 14 | Abdominal pain, fever | Borderline mucinous tumor | TOA | Laparotomy for diagnosis | Ascending infection from the lower genital tract | Streptococcus viridans |
14 | Goodwin et al. | 2013 | 13 | Abdominal pain | Bowel compromise | TOA | Abscess drainage | Bacterial bowel translocation | Escherichia coli |
15 | Cho et al. | 2017 | 21 | Abdominal pain, fever | Hemorrhagic corpus luteal cyst | OA | Abscess drainage, appendectomy | Unknown | Negative |
16 | Alsahabi et al. | 2017 | 19 | Abdominal pain, fever | Tubo-ovarian malignant tumor | TOA | Percutaneous drainage | Unknown | Escherichia coli, etc |
17 | Stortini et al. | 2017 | 14 | Acute urinary retention | TOA | TOA | Percutaneous drainage | Obstructive lesions in the genital tract due to labial agglutination | Streptococcus anginosus, etc |
18 | Mills et al. | 2018 | 13 | Abdominal pain, fever | TOA | TOA | Laparoscopic abscess drainage | Bacterial translocation secondary to chronic appendicitis | Streptococcus constellatus |
19 | Murata et al. (present case) | 2021 | 13 | Fever | OA | OA | Laparoscopic abscess resection | Unknown | Staphylococcus aureus |