[Epithelial Cancer related Question]
I had a cat scan on Friday because of horrible pains near my left ovary. I spoke with a nurse at my OB/GYN today and she told me I have an epithelial ovarian cyst and my doctor will call me on Thursday when he is back in the office to explain more once he looks over the results. I made the mistake of not asking questions about it but does anyone know what this is? I know what an ovarian cyst is but does the epithelial part change anything? I tried googling it and I keep seeing stuff on ovarian cancer and ovarian tumors. Is that what that means?
Also, does anybody know what doctors usually do about this? Like surgery?
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FrenchDownUnder on August 2nd, 2010
Most epithelial ovarian cyst are benin little pockets of fluid located near your ovaries. The epithelial is a cell that covers and protect the ovaries. You have 20% of chance of it having malignant tumor cells, fewer than 5% of malignant germ cell tumors, and 2% of granulosa cell tumors. So you have a very high chance of it being benin. The fact that is is a epithelial cyst and not an ovarian cyst means that the fluid is not inside your ovaries (which can be totally normal due to an hormonal balance). In your case the fluid is located in the membrane that covers the ovaries. Hope that helps!