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Ovary: Cysts and Tumour-Like Conditions

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Apart from endometriosis, the non-neoplastic cysts of the ovary develop almost exclusively from either the follicle or the ovarian surface epithelium.

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Fox, H., Buckley, C.H. (1983). Ovary: Cysts and Tumour-Like Conditions. In: Atlas of Gynaecological Pathology. Current Histopathology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7312-2_23

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