OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of abnormal CT findings in patients with surgically proven ruptured endometriotic cysts, as compared with those abnormal CT findings of ruptured ovarian functional cysts. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 13 retrospectively identified patients with surgically confirmed ruptured ovarian endometriotic cysts and who had also...

Ovarian cysts are an extremely common gynecological problem in adolescent. Majority of ovarian cysts are benign with few cases being malignant. Ovarian serous cystadenoma are rare in children. A 14-year-old presented with abdominal pain and severe abdominal distention. She underwent laparotomy and after surgical removal, the mass was found to be ovarian serous cystadenoma on histology. In concl...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the analysis of cyst content using mean gray value (MGV) can discriminate ovarian endometriomas from other unilocular ovarian cysts in premenopausal women. METHODS Stored three-dimensional (3D) volumes from 54 unilocular ovarian cysts diagnosed in 50 premenopausal women (mean age, 37 (range, 22-50) years) were analyzed to calculate the MGV from cyst content. Cysts ...

background and objective: ovarian tumors are among the most frequent pathologic conditions in gynecologic practice and a frequent cause of hospitalization and surgery. the aim of this study was to determine histologic distribution of benign operated masses especially functional ovarian cysts. material and methods: benign ovarian files of operated patients (2961 cases) in 20 tertiary and seconda...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient-related parameters that determine ovarian cyst formation in women using tamoxifen for breast cancer. METHODS A retrospective review of tamoxifen-treated women with breast cancer who were followed up in the outpatient clinic at Ankara Oncology Hospital between January 2002 and December 2004 was performed. Tamoxifen doses and duration,...

Ovarian cysts are the most frequent, prenatally diagnosed intra-abdominal cysts. Fetal ovarian cyst often presents complication such as torsion and seems to be an indication for surgical intervention. In this study, we reviewed pre- and post-natal medical records and ultrasonography of 17 fetuses that were diagnosed with ovarian cysts. In a total of 17 cases, postnatal surgery was performed in ...

Knowledge of the nature of ovarian lesions is important in order to establish the correct treatment and, especially, to detect ovarian cysts that do not require surgical treatment. With the purpose of demonstrating the utility of transvaginal sonography with colour Doppler of ovarian functional ovarian cysts, 378 ovarian tumours were studied, comparing sonographic diagnosis with pathological fi...

Ovarian cysts over 5 and 15 cm are described as large and giant, respectively. Ovarian cysts over 5 cm without regression in 6-8 weeks are indicated for surgery. Although there are published data about the laparoscopic or laparoscopy assisted management of the large and giant cysts, especially in cases of giant cysts midline laparotomy is preferred by many surgeons. In this paper, we present th...

OBJECTIVES To review cases of ovarian cysts managed at a University Hospital, and to identify the factors necessitating the use of laparotomy over laparoscopy. METHODS We carried out a retrospective chart review of all cases of ovarian cysts diagnosed and managed at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between January 2010 and A...