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<strong>Adnexal</strong> <strong>Masses</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Pregnancy</strong><br />

• 82% 1 to 94% 2 rate of spontaneous resolution<br />

• Particularly simple, unilocular cysts<br />

• Most of the others are a corpus luteum and<br />

resolve by 16 weeks<br />

• Expectant management is appropriate for<br />

adnexal masses < 6 cm <strong>in</strong> the first trimester 1,2<br />

1 Thornton and Wells. Obstet Gynecol 1987;69:717-21.<br />

2 Grimes et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1954;68:594-605. 605.

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