Hi
ive just been diagnosed with an ovarian
cyst, luckily at my last scan it had
halved in size so the medics are going to
scan again in march 2004 and see if it has
gone, can anyone tell me if they know
whether its possible for the cyst to
increase in size again once it has begun
to shrink
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Georgia59
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Posted: 04-18-08 20:05pm
No, usually ovarian cysts come and go
without any symptoms at all.
There is a rare chance that this one will
be different and you will need surgery,
but that is very rare. Many women have
cysts that just come and go. If you get on
birth control, that will help prevent them
in the future.
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madmaxantini
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Posted: 08-06-08 03:01am
ovarian cysts can cause a great deal of
complications. Especially because of the
fact that most ladies find out that they
have developed ovarian cysts, much later,
or because the ovarian cysts that have
been developed are of a type that is rare
or not easily identifiable. Other than
this, it has been seen that in most cases,
when ovarian cysts are developed after the
stage of menopause or at a very late age
then there are higher chances that the
ovarian cyst my be cancerous, in the sense
that it may be malignant.
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marteen
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Ovarian cysts Posted: 08-06-08 10:25am
Ovarian cysts form for numerous reasons.
The most common type is a follicular cyst,
which results from the growth of a
follicle. A follicle is the normal
fluid-filled sac that contains an egg.
Follicular cysts form when the follicle
grows larger than normal during the
menstrual cycle and does not open to
release the egg. Usually, follicular cysts
resolve on their own over the course of
days to months. Cysts can contain blood
(hemorrhagic or endometrioid cysts) from
injury or leakage of tiny blood vessels
into the egg sac. Occasionally, the
tissues of the ovary develop abnormally to
form other body tissues such as hair or
teeth. Cysts with these abnormal tissues
are called dermoid cysts.
