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What is an ovarian cyst with small septa and is it serious?

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Dr. Daniel Steffy answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Follow up: Septations (walls) within a cyst is no guarantee of malignancy, but it makes it more suspicious. It needs follow up.

Answered 12/9/2019

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