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  2. Adnexal mass - Wikipedia

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    The most common causes for adnexal masses in premenopausal women include follicular cysts and corpus luteum cysts. Abscesses can form as a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease. In postmenopausal women, adnexal masses may be caused by cancer, fibroids, fibromas, or diverticular abscesses.

  3. Uterine fibroid - Wikipedia

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    Pelvic examination, medical imaging [1] ... ~50% of women by age 50 [1] ... solid nodules that are white or tan, and show whorled appearance on histological section. ...

  4. Rectouterine pouch - Wikipedia

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    In women, the rectouterine pouch is the deepest point of the peritoneal cavity. It is posterior to the uterus, and anterior to the rectum. [2] Its anterior boundary is formed by the posterior fornix of the vagina. [1] The pouch on the other side of the uterus near to the anterior fornix is the vesicouterine pouch.

  5. Sister Mary Joseph nodule - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the Sister Mary Joseph nodule (sometimes Sister Mary Joseph node or Sister Mary Joseph sign) refers to a palpable nodule bulging into the umbilicus as a result of metastasis of a malignant cancer in the pelvis or abdomen. [1] Sister Mary Joseph nodules can be painful to palpation. [2]

  6. Ovarian germ cell tumors - Wikipedia

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    OGCT is a rare tumour under the scope of ovarian cancer, accounting for less than 5% of all ovarian malignancies. It occurs mostly in 15-19-year-old women and shows 75% incidence rate for women aged <30 years. [25] In 2011, the number of new cases occurred worldwide is 5.3 per million. [26]

  7. 65 Unsettling Medical Facts That Are Not For The Faint Of Heart

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    Women get the gene to release more than one egg through their mother and her mother and her mother…. Identical twins (one egg that splits) is random nature and can happen at any time. 5.

  8. Pelvic tumor - Wikipedia

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    A pelvic tumor is any one of the numerous tumors that occur in the pelvis. Within the pelvis, these tumors may involve specific organs or tend to occupy intra-organ spaces. Tumors found in the presacral space and sacral space are most prevalent in children. Tumors occupying specific organs have a more complex natural history.

  9. Adenomyosis - Wikipedia

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    The condition is typically found in women between the ages of 35 and 50, but also affects younger women. [3] Patients with adenomyosis often present with painful menses (dysmenorrhea), profuse menses (menorrhagia), or both. Other possible symptoms are pain during sexual intercourse, chronic pelvic pain and irritation of the urinary bladder.