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Foliicular Cysts
Common cysts
Single / multiple
Usually exceed 2cm
diameter
Origininate in
unruptured GF or in
follicles that have
ruptured and
immediately sealed
Multiple cysts may
increase production of
estrogen leading to
hyperestrinism
endometrial
hyperplasia
Luteal Cysts
Normally present in ovaries,
lined by luteal cells
Due to immediate sealing of
corpus hemorrhagicum
May rupture, producing
internal hemorrhage + acute
abdomen
MICRO
o Cyst wall lined by
granulosa-theca cells +
hyperplasia of luteinized
theca-interna cells
o Absence of corpora lutea is
a distinctive feat
CLINICAL FEAT
produce
1. Oligomenorrhea / amenorrhea
2. Hirsutism
3. Obesity
4. Infertility in young women
CYSTS OF OVARY
Neoplastic Cysts
Non-neoplastic Cysts
Functional
Cysts
Follicular
Cysts
Endometroitic
Cysts
Luteal Cysts
Polycystic
Ovarian Syd
Demoid Cyst
Serous cystadenoma
and cystadecarcinoma
Mucinous cystadenoma
and cystcarcinoma
Serous and Mucionous
tumours of low malignant
potential