benign ovarian cysts in reproductive-age women …（良性卵巢囊肿在生育年龄妇女u2026）.pdf

Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013, 3, 17-22 OJOG /10.4236/ojog.2013.37A1005 Published Online September 2013 (/journal/ojog/) Benign ovarian cysts in reproductive-age women undergoing assisted reproductive technology treatment Guy Rofe, Ron Auslender, Martha Dirnfeld Division of Fertility—In Vitro Fertilization, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carmel Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion Haifa, Israel Email: guyrofe@ Received 28 July 2013; revised 21 August 2013; accepted 26 August 2013 Copyright © 2013 Guy Rofe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT cysts, benign cystic teratoma (dermoid) cysts and endo- metioma [5,6]. Each type has unique characteristics that The scope of this review is to focus on the manage- usually enable achieving the correct diagnosis and man- ment of benign ovarian cyst in the reproductive-age agement. group of women undergoing ART. Ovarian cysts are An ovarian cyst diagnosed during the reproductive age a common occurrence in this patient population. The is rarely malignant. Nevertheless, as a rule, a finding of differential diagnosis includes functional cysts, der-