title: [Drug therapy of ovarian cysts].
abstract: Medical therapy of ovarian cysts can be therapeutic and preventive. Follicle- and corpus luteum-cysts as well as endometriomas are suitable for medical treatment. Estrogen/gestagen-combinations. GnRH-analogues (GnRH-agonists, gnRH-antagonists), gestagens and danazol can be used. For therapy of ovarian cysts the medical and operative options are to be considered and an individualized therapeutic strategy should be initiated.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gynäkologie, insbesondere gynäkologische Onkologie, Universität GHS-Essen.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Schindler
mesh_terms: D003613:Danazol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011374:Progesterone; D003613:Danazol
vernacular_title: Medikamentöse Therapie von Ovarialzysten.