{"paper_id":"1329310c-98ab-450b-b6fe-624c7e4e1002","body_text":"Definition\nA benign ovarian cyst containing endometrium-like cells. It is commonly referred to as a chocolate cyst. It has the potential to become malignant so it is generally removed after diagnosis.\nCross-References\nSee Also\n(2012) Endometrium. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 1239. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_1886\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nCorresponding author\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 2015 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg\nAbout this entry\nCite this entry\nSchwab, M. (2015). Endometrioma. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_1883-2\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_1883-2\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nPublished:\nPublisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg\nOnline ISBN: 978-3-642-27841-9\neBook Packages: Living Reference Biomedicine and Life SciencesReference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}