| Adnexal mass | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-9 | 620.9 789.3 625.8 |
An adnexal mass is a lump in tissue of the adnexa of uterus, usually in the ovary or fallopian tube. Adnexal masses can be benign or cancerous.
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In premenopausal women, adnexal masses include ovarian cysts, ectopic (tubal) pregnancies, and benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous) tumors, endometriomas, polycystic ovaries, tubo-ovarian abscess. Most common causes for adnexal masses in premenopausal women are follicular cysts and corpus luteum cysts.
Other masses include endometriomas, polycystic ovaries, tubo-ovarian abscesses and benign neoplasms.
In postmenopausal women, adnexal masses may be caused by cancer, fibroids, fibromas, diverticular abscess.
Removal is sometimes referred to as "adnexectomy".[1]
This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".
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