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- Endoscopy and Biopsy
- • A definitive diagnosis requires microscopic examination of part or all of the involved ovary or any other
- suspicious abdominal mass. Cystic ovarian tumors that are less than 2 1/2 in. (6 cm) in diameter occurring in
- premenopausal woman are usually benign cysts.
- Surgical evaluation should be strongly considered for any mass in a postmenopausal woman, masses that are
- larger than 2 1/2 in. (6 cm) in diameter, masses persisting longer than one menstrual cycle and masses that are
- suspicious on imaging of the pelvis.
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