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Adnexal mass causes
Introduction
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Tuboovarian abscess |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/ Gynecologic | Functional ovarian cyst, Ectopic pregnancy, Theca lutein cyst, Corpus luteum of pregnancy, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Endometrioma, Pedunculated uterine fibroids, Hydrosalpinx |
| Oncologic | Benign: Surface epithelial stromal tumor: Serous cystadenoma, Mucinous cystadenoma, Endometrioid cystadenoma, Benign clear cell tumor, Benign brenner tumor,
Sex cord stromal tumor: Granulosa cell tumor: Fibroma, Fibrothecomas, Thecomas, Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor, Sex cord-stromal tumor, Gynandroblastoma, Steroid (lipid) cell tumor Germ cell tumor: dermoid cyst, Monodermal (e.g., struma ovarii, carcinoid), Dysgerminoma, Embryonal carcinoma, Polyembryoma, Yolk sac tumor, Mixed germ cell tumor Paratubal cyst, paraovarian cysts, tumor of the rete ovarii Borderline: Surface epithelial stromal tumors: Serous borderline tumor, Mucinous borderline tumor, Endometrioid borderline tumor, Clear cell borderline tumor, Brenner tumor of borderline malignancy Malignant: Surface epithelial stromal tumors:Serous adenocarcinoma, Mucinous adenocarcinoma, Endometrioid adenocarcinoma, Malignant Brenner tumor, Transitional cell carcinoma(non-Brenner type) Sex cord stromal tumor: Granulosa cell tumor, Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor, Sex cord-stromal tumor, Steroid (lipid) cell tumor Germ cell tumor: Immature teratoma, Dysgerminoma, Embryonal carcinoma, Polyembryoma, Yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus tumor), Mixed germ cell tumor Ovarian Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, Leukemia, Plasmacytoma Metastatic tumors: Colon, Appendix, Gastric, Breast Fallopian tubal carcinoma, Paratubal or paraovarian cysts, tumor of the rete ovarii |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Monalisa Dmello, M.B,B.S., M.D. [2]