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Lateral distribution of benign ovarian cysts
Author(s) -
Ferrero S.,
Ragni N.,
Fulcheri E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.11.029
Subject(s) - obstetrics and gynaecology , medicine , university hospital , gynecology , family medicine , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Previous studies have suggested that the proportion of left ovarian endometriotic cysts is significantly higher than the expected 50% but that ovarian dermoid cysts have a predisposition to a right lateral distribution. We studied the distribution of benign ovarian cysts in 1184 consecutive women undergoing surgery at our institution between August 1994 and December 2003. In contrast to previous reports suggesting a predisposition of ovarian dermoid cysts to a right lateral distribution, this study found that there is no significant difference in the lateral distribution of this type of cysts. Dermoid, serous, mucinous, and paraovarian cysts are equally distributed on both sides. Bilaterality is significantly more frequent when the cysts are endometriotic than of other types