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Quistes ováricos - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Quistes ováricos funcionales; Quistes ováricos fisiológicos; Quistes del cuerpo lúteo; Quistes foliculares

Síntomas:

Los quistes ováricos con frecuencia no causan síntomas, pero cuando ocurren, son típicamente dolor o un período tardío.

Un quiste ovárico tiene más probabilidad de causar dolor si:

  • Se vuelve grande
  • Sangra
  • Se rompe
  • Se tuerce o si causa torsión de las trompas de Falopio
  • Se golpea durante la relación sexual

Los síntomas de los quistes ováricos pueden abarcar:

  • Distensión o hinchazón abdominal
  • Dolor durante la defecación
  • Dolor pélvico poco después del comienzo o finalización del período menstrual
  • Dolor con las relaciones sexuales o dolor pélvico durante el movimiento
  • Dolor pélvico constante y sordo
  • Dolor pélvico intenso y repentino, a menudo con náuseas y vómitos, que puede ser un signo de torsión o retorcimiento del ovario sobre su riego sanguíneo o ruptura de un quiste con sangrado interno
Los cambios en los períodos menstruales son infrecuentes con los quistes foliculares y son más comunes con los quistes del cuerpo lúteo. Se puede presentar manchado o sangrado con algunos quistes.

Signos y exámenes:

El médico puede descubrir un quiste durante un examen físico o cuando a usted le hagan una ecografía por otra razón.

La ecografía se hace en muchas pacientes para diagnosticar un quiste. El médico tal vez necesite examinarla de nuevo en 4 a 6 semanas para verificar que éste haya desaparecido.

Otros exámenes imagenológicos que se pueden hacer cuando sea necesario abarcan:

El médico puede sentir el quiste ovárico durante un examen de la pelvis.

El médico puede solicitar los siguientes exámenes de sangre:

  • Reviewed last on: 3/30/2010
  • Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Katz VL. Benign gynecologic lesions: Vulva, vagina, cervix, uterus, oviduct, ovary. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 18.

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