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Ovarian cysts

Última revisão: 13 Sep 2025
Última atualização: 05 Mar 2025

Resumo

Definition

History and exam

Other diagnostic factors

  • pelvic pain
  • bloating and early satiety
  • palpable adnexal mass
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Risk factors

  • premenopausal age group
  • early menarche
  • first trimester of pregnancy
  • personal history of infertility or polycystic ovary syndrome
  • increased intrinsic or extrinsic gonadotropins
  • tamoxifen therapy
  • smoking
  • personal or family history of endometriosis
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • transvaginal ultrasonography
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Tests to consider

  • serum cancer antigen (CA)-125
  • color power Doppler ultrasonography of abdomen/pelvis
  • MRI of abdomen/pelvis
  • CT imaging of abdomen/pelvis
  • karyotype analysis
  • laparoscopy/laparotomy and histopathology
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Emerging tests

  • PET imaging of abdomen/pelvis
  • serum biomarkers (ovarian adnexal mass assessment score test system)

Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

acutely ill

En curso

nonpregnant: premenopausal with simple ovarian cyst

nonpregnant: premenopausal with complex ovarian cyst

nonpregnant: premenopausal with solid ovarian cyst

postmenopausal with simple ovarian cyst

postmenopausal with complex ovarian cyst

postmenopausal with solid ovarian cyst

pregnant

Colaboradores

Autores

Sareena Singh, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

OH

Director of Gynecologic Oncology

Aultman Health Foundation

Canton

OH

Divulgaciones

SS declares that she has no competing interests

Agradecimientos

Dr Sareena Singh would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Michael P. Hopkins, Dr Christina N. Kufel, Dr Lauren M. Blue, Dr Jay R. Patibandla, and Dr Laura K. Randolph, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

MPH, CNK, LMB, JRP, and LKR declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

John Bachman, MD

Consultant in Family Medicine

Parker D Sanders and Isabella Sanders Professor of Primary Care

Rochester

MN

Divulgaciones

JB declares that he has no competing interests.

David Chelmow, MD

Chair

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond

VA

Divulgaciones

DC declares that he has no competing interests.

T. Justin Clark, MD (Hons), MRCOG

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Birmingham Women's Hospital

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Birmingham

UK

Divulgaciones

TJC declares that he has no competing interests.

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Disclosures

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology. Practice bulletin no. 174: evaluation and management of adnexal masses. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Nov;128(5):e210-6. Resumen

DePriest PD, Shenson D, Fried A, et al. A morphology index based on sonographic findings in ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 1993 Oct;51(1):7-11. Resumen

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee opinion no. 716: the role of the obstetrician-gynecologist in the early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer in women at average risk. Sep 2017 (reaffirmed 2024) [internet publication].Texto completo

US Preventive Services Task Force; Grossman DC, Curry SJ, Owens DK, et al. Screening for ovarian cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2018 Feb 13;319(6):588-94. Resumen

Levine D, Patel MD, Suh-Burgmann EJ, et al. Simple adnexal cysts: SRU consensus conference update on follow-up and reporting. Radiology. 2019 Nov;293(2):359-71.Texto completo  Resumen

Grimes DA, Jones LB, Lopez LM, et al. Oral contraceptives for functional ovarian cysts. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Apr 29;(4):CD006134.Texto completo  Resumen

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