H Alexander Chen, Alyssa A Grimshaw, Melissa Taylor-Giorlando, Pavithra Vijayakumar, Dan Li, Miranda Margetts, Emanuele Pelosi, Alla Vash-Margita
Ovarian absence is an uncommon condition that most frequently presents unilaterally. Several etiologies for the condition have been proposed, including torsion, vascular accident, and embryological defect. A systematic review was conducted to describe the clinical presentation of ovarian absence, as well as its associations with other congenital anomalies, through a systematic search of Cochrane Library, ClinicalTrials.gov, Google Scholar, Ovid Embase, Ovid Medline, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Exclusion criteria included cases with suspicion for Differences of Sex Development, lack of surgically-confirmed ovarian absence, and karyotypes other than 46XX...
January 16, 2023: Journal of Ovarian Research