The risk of malignancy with an apparently simple adnexal cyst on ultrasound

R Obwegeser, J Deutinger, G Bernascheck
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 1993 · doi:10.1007/BF02767327 · PMID:8250597
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Abstract

We received data of 144 patients, who had been operated upon in the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Vienna because of persisting sonographically detected "simple" adnexal cysts. Only 3 cysts were malignant (one of them borderline). All three patients were postmenopausal. The mean diameter of the malignant cysts were 7, 11 and 18 cm, respectively. 82 sonographically simple cysts were histologically benign. We found 27 cysts associated with chronic pelvic sepsis (hydrosalpinx and pseudocysts), 22 were benign cystadenomas and 10 were endometriotic.

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endometriosis

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Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous Cystadenoma, Mucinous Cystadenoma, Serous Ovarian Cysts Ovarian Neoplasms Adult Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous Cystadenoma, Mucinous Cystadenoma, Mucinous Cystadenoma, Serous Cystadenoma, Serous Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Middle Aged Ovarian Cysts

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