Dr. Dan C. Martin's
Clinical Practice is at:
UT Medical Group, Inc.
7945 Wolf River Blvd
Suite 320
Germantown,
TN 38138
Phone (901) 347-8331
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Surface Ovarian Endometriosis
Red Polypoid endometriosis on the surface of the right ovary. The cluster has a diameter of 2 mm.
Chocolate Cysts
Figures 9 to 13. Stripping of a chocolate cyst. Chocolate cysts
can be endometriosis, hemorrhagic ovulatory (corpus luteum) cysts or other
hemorrhagic cysts.
Figure
9. The external gross appearance of a chocolate cyst can be dark and irregular.
Figure
10. An initial incision is made to distinguish the chocolate cyst lining from the
outer healthy ovary.
Figure
11. The chocolate cyst lining is stripped out and lifted up. This leaves
healthy ovary.
Figure
12. The inner lining has a mottled black, brown and red color on a white background.
Figure
13. Hemostasis is created in the ovarian defect using bipolar electrosurgery.
The edges collapse together and no sutures are used.