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Investigation and Management of Adnexal Masses in Pregnancy Table 2 Clinical presentation and frequency of spontaneous resolution of adnexal masses in pregnancy [
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Asymptomatic Symptomatic Spontaneous resolution
Bernhard et al., 1999 [9 ] (>5 cm/complex) 102 78.4% 21.6% (pain or palpable mass) 68.6%
Zanetta et al., 2003 [18 ] 79 86.1% 13.9% (pain) 51%
Agarwal et al., 2003 [19 ] 14 35.6% 50% (pain or discomfort) 14.2% (larger than expected uterus) NA
Condous et al., 2004 [20 ] 161 43.7% 56.3% (pain or genital bleeding) 71.7%
Schmeler et al., 2005 [10 ] (>5 cm) 59 92% 8% (pain) 1,7%
Kumari et al., 2006 [11 ] 20 50% 35% (pain) 15% (NE) NA
Balci et al., 2008 [3 ] 36 30.6% 69,4% (pain) NA
Aggarwal and Kehoe, 2011 [4 ] (review)⨀ 809 65.4% 16.8% (pain) 9% (bleeding/dystocia/rupture) 30.7%
NE: not specified; NA: not applicable to study design. ⨀ Review of studies including only surgically managed cases of both benign and malignant tumors (includes the other studies quoted here, except Agarwal et al. (2003) [19 ] and Kumari et al. (2006) [11 ]).