Chocolate cyst

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Description of Chocolate cyst

Chocolate cyst: cyst of the ovary with intracavitary hemorrhage and formation of a hematoma containing old brown blood; often seen with endometriosis of the ovary but occasionally with other types of cysts.
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Chocolate cyst: A condition in which functional endometrial tissue is present outside the UTERUS. It is often confined to the PELVIS involving the OVARY, the ligaments, cul-de-sac, and the uterovesical peritoneum.
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Chocolate cyst: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Chocolate cyst:

• Cyst (86 causes)
• Ovary
• Ovary symptoms (68 causes)
• Ovary disease
• Ovary disorder
• Ovary problem (68 causes)
• Intracavitary
• Hemorrhage (1783 causes)

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Terms Similar to Chocolate cyst:

• Endometrioma
• Endometriosis

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• OMIM - ENDOMETRIOSIS, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 1
• Endometriosis - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Laparoscopic surgery for subfertility associated with endometriosis (Cochrane Review)
• Danazol for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis (Cochrane Review)
• endometriosis - General Practice Notebook
• Endometriosis - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Endometriosis : Article by Tod C Aeby, MD
• Progestagens and anti-progestagens for pain associated with endometriosis (Cochrane Review)
• Endometriosis - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• Laparoscopic surgery for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Endometriosis : Article by Dharmesh Kapoor, MD
• eMedicine - Endometriosis : Article by Kyle Hsu, MD
• Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues for endometriosis: bone mineral density (Cochrane Review)
• Ovulation suppression for endometriosis (Cochrane Review)

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