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This type can form when ovulation doesn't occur, and a follicle doesn't rupture or release its egg but instead grows until it becomes a cyst, or when a mature follicle involutes (collapses on itself). It usually forms during ovulation, and can grow to about 7 cm in diameter. It is thin-walled,
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is the primary tool used to document the follicular cyst. A doctor monitors these to make sure they disappear, and looks at treatment options if they do not.
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138:Functional ovarian cysts
960:Sexual arousal disorder
916:Candidal vulvovaginitis
574:Endometrial hyperplasia
403:Endometriosis of ovary
847:Vesicouterine fistula
790:Cervical incompetence
715:Recurrent miscarriage
653:Premenstrual syndrome
514:Fallopian tube cancer
1005:Rectovaginal fistula
430:Poor ovarian reserve
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983:Urogenital fistulas
911:Bacterial vaginosis
564:Asherman's syndrome
940:Sexual dysfunction
906:Atrophic vaginitis
842:Retroverted uterus
805:Female infertility
785:Cervical dysplasia
710:Female infertility
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754:Parametrium
739:Adenomyosis
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529:Salpingitis
418:Anovulation
252:Mayo Clinic
27:Other names
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1020:Enterocele
970:Vaginismus
892:Leukorrhea
800:Cervicitis
731:Myometrium
616:Amenorrhea
442:Oophoritis
233:2012-10-16
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125:References
119:Ultrasound
66:Gynecology
45:Micrograph
1025:Rectocele
1015:Cystocele
901:Vaginitis
114:Diagnosis
108:granulosa
61:Specialty
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1010:Prolapse
837:Pyometra
378:Internal
371:genitals
155:MedTerms
826:General
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871:Vagina
772:Cervix
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