PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Increased leutinizing hormone

Hyper stimulation of ovaries

Increased estrogen Hormonal imbalances Increased HCG

Abnormal proliferation of follicle

Follicles fail to ovulate and fail

Menstrual
to undergo
irregularities
atresia and continue to grow

Dull, unilateral lower Cyst grow in size up to 15 cm in Increase abdominal

quadrant pain diameter girth

Increase pelvic
Hemorrhage & acute Rupture of the pressure
pain cyst

Infection
Urinary
Fatigue &
frequency,
sense of
constipation &
heaviness in
Sepsis painful
the pelvis
defecation

DEATH