human hydatid cyst is a wide spread disease. it is an endemic disease in iran. hydatid cyst is extremely rare in the female reproductive organs. this is a case report of ovarian hydatid cyst in a 42-year-old woman. she presented with feeling of enlargement of abdomen and abdominal pain. on physical examination, a large mass in lower abdomen palpated. ultrasonography reported a heterogeneous mul...

long protocol of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-analougue (gnrh-a) can result in the formation of ovarian cyst by the transient initial stimulatory effect which increases the levels of both follicle-stimulating hormone (fsh) and luteinizing hormone (lh). these cysts require surgical drainage or result in poor ovarian response. ovarian cyst formation can be prevented by taking oral contraceptive...

neonatal ovarian cysts (noc) are usually self-limiting structures, however, large or complex cysts may lead to severe complications. unfortunately, no standard guidelines have been introduced for the management, treatment and follow-up of these cysts. in this report, we aimed to introduce a very large noc without any pre- and post-natal complications. a 30 year-old mother, gravida 2, para 2, wi...

Many questions have been raised recently about the possible association between ovulation induction and ovarian cancer. In order to contribute to the limited literature on this important issue, two cases of ovarian cancer in women who had multiple ovulation induction are presented here. In the first case the patient had ovarian induction by clomiphene citrate while she already had an ovarian cy...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to document ovarian cyst frequency and characteristics as well as distribution of these parameters with respect to age in children and adolescents. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 1009 girls between the ages of 5-18 years who presented to our pediatric emergency department (PED) with pelvic pain and therefore underwent pelv...

The mesothelial cysts of the round ligament uterus are rare. They misdiagnosed as ovarian/ para ovarian cysts, inguinal hernias, abscess. We report a case 48-years-old female with gradual painless distension abdomen. Up on explorative laparotomy cyst was seen arising from right ligament. Excision cystic mass done and pathologically confirmed cyst. Establishing accurate per operative diagnosis b...

The aim was to determine the utility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW MRI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements in differentiation of endometrioma and hemorrhagic ovarian cyst. A total of 24 female patients who underwent pelvic MRI with an initial diagnosis of ovarian cyst were included in the study. The final diagnosis was endometrioma in 12 patients and he...

Ultrasonography is the primary imaging tool for a patient considered to have an ovarian cyst. On a sonogram, simple ovarian cysts have a uniformly thin, rounded wall and a unilocular appearance that is either hypoechoic or anechoic. They usually measure 2.5-15 cm in diameter, and posterior acoustic enhancement (a hyperechoic area) may be visible deep to the fluid-filled cyst. Most commonly, the...

Ovarian dermoid cysts are one of the most common benign neoplasms in women. Rectal fistula formation due to an ovarian dermoid cyst, particularly a benign dermoid cyst, is extremely rare. A 17-year-old girl with symptoms of lower abdominal pain, passage of sebaceous materials in the stool, and hematochezia was found to have an 11-cm dermoid cyst complicated with a rectal fistula formation. Lapa...