ABSTRACT

Background: Out of all ovarian disorders, ovarian cyst is the most frequent disorder among females of reproductive age. Mostly females remain asymptomatic and the diagnosis of ovarian cyst can be made finally on radiological evaluation instead of clinical examination. Ultrasound can be a good opportunity for detection of ovarian cyst, instead of other invasive modalities or modalities involving harmful rays or contrast medium.

Aim: To determine the ultrasonographic features of ovarian cysts in married females

Methods: Cross sectional study conducted in the Department of Radiology in collaboration with Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology , Government Kot khawaja saeed teaching hospital , KEMU Lahore during 6 months i.e., from 1st feburary 2020 to 30th july 2020. Patients underwent transvaginal ultrasonography for assessment of ovarian cysts by a senior radiologist. Findings were recorded on proforma and pattern of ovarian cyst was noted. SPSS v. 22 was used to enter and analyses the collected data.

Results: In this study, we included 170 married females. The mean age of females was 23.48±9.41 years. The mean duration of their marriage was 8.32 ± 3.95 months. The main reason to present in the hospital for check-up was pelvic pain that was observed in 78(45.9%) patients, while 27(15.9%) had abnormal uterine bleeding and 65(38.2%) females had problem of infertility. The mean duration of symptoms was 3.61±2.84 months. The mean age at puberty was 13.62±2.58 years. On transvaginal ultrasonography, cyst was function in 58(34.1%) cases while dermoid in 31(18.2%) cases, endometriosis was note in 26(15.3%) females, benign cyst adenoma in 18(10.6%) cases, while malignancy was noted in 9 (5.3%) cases and 28(16.5%) had complicated cyst. Conclusion: Thus the frequency of complicated frequency and different pathologies is high in married females with problem of not conceiving the pregnancy.

Key words: ultrasound, ovarian cysts, married females, cyst adenoma, endometriosis