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Ovarian Nonneoplastic Cysts, Cytological Findings

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The most common nonneoplastic cysts are functional ovarian cysts, i.e., follicular cysts and corpus luteum cysts, which are developed as a result of disturbed ovulation. Follicular cyst results when the dominant follicle fails to release an oocyte and continues to grow or when immature follicle fails to involute. Usually, these cysts produce no symptoms and disappear by themselves within a few months.

Follicular Cyst

Synonyms

Follicle cyst; Follicular cyst

Cytologic Findings

Fluid Aspiration (FNA)Macroscopically fluid is clear, yellowish, rarely haemorrhagic (Ivić et al. 1976). Microscopically cellular composition from follicular cysts aspirations is diverse, ranging from scanty to abundantly cellular (Greenebaum et al. 1992). The background is finely granular, rich in fibrin.

Two granulosa cell types predominate, depending of follicle stage development (Greenebaum et al. 1992). The first type is a small cell, approximately the size of histiocytes, round or oval in shape,...

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  1. Clinical Unit of Gynecological Cytology, Department of Clinical Pathology and Cytology, Zagreb University Hospital Centre, Petrova 13, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Danijela Jurič

  2. Clinical Unit of Gynecological Cytology, Department of Pathology and Cytology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vesna Mahovlić

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  1. Danijela Jurič
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  1. Laboratoire national de santé, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

    Fernando Schmitt

  2. Medical Faculty of Porto University and IPATIMUP, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Schmitt

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Jurič, D., Mahovlić, V. (2017). Ovarian Nonneoplastic Cysts, Cytological Findings. In: Schmitt, F. (eds) Cytopathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33286-4_946

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