runr
Jul 26 2009, 11:15 AM
Thank you for the very informative article. My 78 yo mom recently had a golf ball sized ovarian cyst along with her ovary removed, and prior to the surgery, I did not find any information about menopausal women having cysts. According to the article, it's more common than previously thought:
"A very interesting recent study found benign ovarian cysts to be much more common in post-menopausal women than anyone had realized. Ultrasounds were performed on 7,700 healthy post-menopausal women as part of a study designed to find early ovarian cancers. Small ovarian cysts, 2-inches or less, were unexpectedly found in 450 of these women. Because these cysts were benign-appearing on ultrasound, and CA-125 tests were normal, the women had the ultrasound repeated in two months. Surprisingly, half of the cysts had already disappeared by that time."
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