title: Clinical, radiological, and histopathological analysis of paraovarian cysts.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Paraovarian cyst arise from either mesothelium or from paramesonephric remnant. These present as either adneal mass or as an incidental finding. Diagnosis is usually established on ultrasound and it is important to differentiate these from ovarian cyst.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study is a retrospective analysis of 32 women with a confirmed diagnosis of paraovarian cyst after surgery. The clinical profile, symptoms and radiological findings of these patients were noted from the hospital records. A correlation was made with the surgical findings and the final histopathological diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 2 patients were postmenopausal and one case was diagnosed during pregnancy. Ultrasound accurately diagnosed paraovarian cyst in 87.5% patients. 78% paraovarian cysts were found to be simple and none had any malignant change. We reported a higher incidence of cystic adenomatoid tumor in these paraovarian cysts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our study, most paraovarian cysts occur in reproductive age group and present as an adnexal mass. Ultrasound is the diagnostic modality and a paraovarian cyst needs to be differentiated from ovarian cyst. Most of them were simple cysts on histopathology.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Avantika
authors: A
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Purnima
authors: P
authors: Gupta
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Usha
authors: U
authors: Manaktala
authors: Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Nita
authors: N
authors: Khurana
keywords: Histology; paraovarian cyst; ultrasonography