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Ovarian cyst torsion and extreme ovarian stimulation in a premenopausal patient treated with tamoxifen for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

Taran A, Eggemann H, Costa SD, Smith B, Bischoff J

Department of Gynecology, Medical Faculty of Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.

Tamoxifen is increasingly used in adjuvant endocrine therapy for postsurgery breast cancer patients and in chemoprevention for high-risk patients. We present a case of bilateral ovarian cyst development with consecutive unilateral cyst torsion and elevated serum estradiol in a premenopausal patient treated with tamoxifen after breast-conserving surgery.

Published 26 September 2006 in Am J Obstet Gynecol, 195(4): e5-6.
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