title: The incidental postmenopausal adnexal mass.
abstract: The postmenopausal ovary continues to produce cysts; the prevalence in an ovarian cancer screening population approaches 18%. Yet 60% to 70% of unilocular cysts resolve spontaneously. Optimal management of an asymptomatic adnexal mass allows surveillance of women at low malignancy risk while triaging intermediate/high-risk women to surgery. Women with unilocular cysts on transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) and a normal CA-125 are monitored with repeat TVS at 3 to 6 months. Those with a complex mass <5 cm and normal CA-125 should have repeat TVS and CA-125 testing in 4 weeks. Surgery is recommended for any women with increasing morphologic complexity or a rising CA-125.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA.
authors.forename: J Matt
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Modesitt
mesh_terms: D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017698:Postmenopause
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen