Mandatory Medical Device Diagnostics.
- Sonography (ultrasonography) of the pelvis (vaginal/through the vagina, abdominal/through the abdominal wall, both if necessary)
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and obligatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Doppler sonography (ultrasound examination that can dynamically visualize fluid flows (especially blood flow)).
- Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen (abdominal CT) – in case of unclear ultrasound/complications.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (abdominal MRI) – in the case of unclear ultrasound/complications.
Ovarian cysts and their cancer risk
- A simple ovarian cyst on ultrasound represents a normal finding; occurrence in 23.8% of women younger than 50 years and in 13.4% of older examined; simple ovarian cyst does not represent a malignancy (cancer) risk.
- In the presence of a complex cyst and solid space (local circumscribed increase in endogenous tissue) on ultrasound, there is a significant risk of carcinoma development.
