Korean J Cytopathol.  1996 Jun;7(1):51-58.

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Ovarian Cysts

• Park IA
• Ham EK

Abstract

The cytologic samples of 26 ovarian cystic lesions from 25 women, aspirated under guide by trans-vaginal ultrasound, were evaluated for clinicopathologic correlation. Clinically 20 women were seeking medical assistance for infertility problems, and trans-vaginal cyst aspiration was done during follow-up of ovulation induction. Among them seven cases were histologically confirmed. Twenty cases of "benign cyst" in cytologic diagnosis were follicullar cyst and two cases of "endometriotic cyst" in cytology were histologically also proven in one case. One false positive diagnosis was given to corpus luteum cyst. It is emphasized that because the cysts are aspirated transvaginally and mature squamous epithelial cells occasionally could be mixed in the asmple, attention should be given not to diagnose such cases as mature cystic teratoma. According to this study, ovarian aspiration cytology is useful in the management of cystic ovarian lesions, particularly in young women.

Keyword

Ovary; Cyst; Fine needle aspiration cytology

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle*
Diagnosis
Epithelial Cells
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infertility
Medical Assistance
Ovarian Cysts*
Ovary
Ovulation Induction
Teratoma
Ultrasonography