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Adolescent laparoscopy
Laparoscopy is a useful and safe diagnostic procedure that provides excellent visualization of the pelvic structures and often permits the diagnosis of gynecologic disorders and pelvic surgery without laparotomy. During the period 1994-1996 40 laparoscopies were performed as a diagnostic procedure on adolescents aged between 14-19 years. In 21 cases of primary amenorrhea the laparoscopy showed 12 cases of Rokitanski-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (57.2%), hematocolpos-hematometra 4 (19.0%), polycystic ovarian disease 2 (9.5%), late onset of puberty 2 (9.5%) and gonadal dysgenesis 1 (4.8%). Laparoscopy which was performed in 12 cases of pelvic pain showed 6 with normal genitalia (50%), endometriosis in 2 (16.7%, infection in 2 (16.7%), fibroma in I (8.3%) and torsion in 1 (8.3%). Four laparoscopies were performed for ovarian mass; three cystic masses and one case of endometriosis were detected.