12 yr old with ovarian cyst

[crlanier]

My 12 yr old was having severe abdominal pain so I took her to ER.  They performed CT scan to rule out appendicitis and discovered 4cm ovarian cyst.  They did not believe this was the source of the pain though because the pain eased up but the cyst was still there.  The dr did, however, think it was odd for the cyst to be present when she is due to start her period.  She said cysts usually appear and/or rupture 2 weeks prior to period.  Could this be the cause of abdominal pain?  Is it strange that a 12 yr old would have a cyst when her period is due?  I'm just confused and wanting to help her get out of pain.  Thanks for advice!

[old_before_my_time]

Welcome to the community. Most cysts do resolve on their own. So monitoring them is the "standard of care" if they are not too large (over 7cm or so) or suspicious looking.

[Liz1542]

I have a similar issue.. But I am 15 and have a 6cm ovarian cyst... One thing I do know is that if the cyst is not over 6 or 7cm then the doctors won't usually do much.. They will only monitor unless the cyst gets bigger. I know this from my experience because I went to the ER for the same reason as your daughter about 4 months ago now and they did a ultrasound to rule out the appendicitis and found the 6cm cyst and just told me to have it revaluated in 3 months so that's what I did and the cyst is still there, same size and everything, still experience constant abdominal pain.

I know that wasn't much help but I just thought I would share