Imaging evaluations included plain films of the kidneys, ureters and bladder (KUB), renal ultrasonography, intravenous urography (IVU) and / or contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomography (CT) to ...

Cysts are small pockets of fluid that form inside the body. Ovarian cysts are common, affecting around one in ten women. But sometimes they can cause pain – especially when they burst.

Ovarian cysts are very common in people who menstruate, with an estimated 10% to 30% of women — and potentially more — ...

With the applied technique, the cyst volume reduction rate was 76.9% (n = 20). A reduction of more than 50% in middle fossa arachnoid cyst volume was achieved in 57.7% of all patients (n = 15). In ...

Before the various theories of embryogenesis of esophageal cysts are considered, it seems wise to review for a moment the subject of embryologic developmental anatomy of the esophagus and ...

A urachal cyst is a sac of tissue and fluid between the bladder and the belly button (umbilicus). The cyst forms in the remnants of the urachus, a structure normally present in a fetus that usually ...

The overall risk of malignancy in pancreatic cysts may be as low as 0.5 to 1.5%, and the annual risk of progression is 0.5%. 7,15 Conversely, studies estimate that 15% of all pancreatic ...

Functional Cysts When an ovarian follicle does not release a mature egg, it may swell and become a functional cyst. Functional ovarian cysts are not cancerous and may cause pelvic pain. People with ...

Endometriotic cysts, known as chocolate cysts, stem from endometriosis outside the uterus. Dermoid cysts contain hair, skin, or teeth due to their embryonic origins.

“The ultrasound found ovarian cysts,” I texted my friends in a WhatsApp group. It was 2014, I was in my mid-twenties, and I had gone off the pill to discover an irregular period. My friends wrote back ...