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Radiology, Vol 184, 653-659, Copyright © 1992 by Radiological Society of North America

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Simple adnexal cysts: the natural history in postmenopausal women

D Levine, BB Gosink, SI Wolf, MR Feldesman and DH Pretorius
Department of Radiology, Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center, Clackamas, Ore.

Transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound (US) examinations were performed in 184 asymptomatic postmenopausal volunteers to determine prospectively (a) the frequency and natural history of simple adnexal cysts in healthy postmenopausal women and (b) the relationship between cyst activity and both hormone replacement and length of time since menopause. Eighty-three simple adnexal cysts were found in 52 women. Thirty-two of 184 women (17%) had 37 cysts identified at initial examination; 46 new cysts appeared in 31 women (11 of whom previously had cysts). Forty-nine women with 72 cysts were reevaluated with subsequent US scanning over a period of 3-23 months. Thirty-eight of the 72 cysts (53%) disappeared completely, 20 (28%) remained constant in size, eight (11%) enlarged by 3 mm or more, two (3%) decreased in size by 3 mm or more, and four (6%) both increased and decreased in size on repeated examinations. No statistical relationship was found between presence of cysts or cyst activity with respect to the type of hormone replacement or length of time since menopause.


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