FREQUENCY AND TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CYSTS IN ADOLESCENCE

Ultrasound examination of the ovaries was performed monthly in the fol licular phase of 139 healthy adolescents for one years. In 17 girls (1 2,2%) ovarian cysts spontaneously disappeared within 3 months of first observation. In 6 subjects, treatment with the combined estrogen/prog estogen pill was given. The treatment was effective in 4 girls after 2 -6 months while 2 subjects required surgical intervention for a cystic teratoma and a simple follicular cyst respectively. A spell of serial sonographic observation of ovarian cysts would seem appropriate in ad olescents.