What is Decidualized endometrioma?

Abstract. Decidualized ovarian endometrioma is a rare phenomenon in pregnancy, which can mimic ovarian malignancy in imaging and often poses a diagnostic challenge.

What is an atypical endometrioma?

Among the histologic types of ovarian endometriosis, atypical endometriosis (AE) is known to be a precursor lesion of endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) characterized by cytologic atypia and architectural atypia or hyperplasia [6].

What size endometrioma should be removed?

The general consensus is that ovarian endometriomas larger than 4 cm should be removed, both to reduce pain and to improve spontaneous conception rates. The removal of ovarian endometriomas can be difficult, as the capsule is often densely adherent.

How serious is an endometrioma?

Endometriomas may be considered the most serious threat to a woman’s reproductive potential, with the exception of cancerous tumors of the reproductive tract.

Do Endometriomas enhance?

Endometriomas, also known as “chocolate cysts,” are ovarian cysts with a fibrous wall lined by functioning endometrial tissue and high concentrations of blood breakdown products accumulated over successive menstrual cycles. Uncomplicated endometriomas generally have an enhancing wall of variable thickness.

What happens to Endometriomas during pregnancy?

In our study, during pregnancy, approximately 70% of endometriomas decreased in size, 25% remained unchanged, and 5% increased in size. Furthermore, 40% of the cysts disappeared.

Is endometrioma malignant?

Enlargement of the endometrioma with the disappearance of shading on T2-weighted images is suggestive of malignant transformation. Normal adjacent ovarian parenchyma, intracystic coagulate, and decidual change of the endometrium in an endometrioma during pregnancy should be differentiated from malignant transformation.

Does having an endometrioma mean I have endometriosis?

Having an ovarian endometrioma is a sign that you have endometriosis, a condition that happens when pieces of your uterus lining take hold in places outside your uterus.

Can an endometrioma leak?

Depending on the size and location of the endometriomas, retrieval of the oocytes can be difficult. There is also a risk that the endometrioma can be punctured during retrieval causing leakage or a rupture, which can lead to infection.

Can endometrioma be cancerous?

These cysts, which doctors call endometriomas, are not cancerous, though they usually mean that a person’s endometriosis is severe enough to complicate their fertility.

Do endometriomas grow fast?

Type I endometriomas tend to grow slowly and are small, usually less than 5 centimeters, with an average range of approximately 1-2 centimeters in diameter.