The main symptoms of malignant ovarian cysts

Ovarian cysts are often divided into benign and malignant. Generally, benign tumors do not cause much harm to the body, but malignant tumors cause more harm to the body. It is necessary to identify the symptoms and treat them in time to prevent the tumor from spreading.

1. Abdominal distension

Due to the rapid development of malignant tumors, patients will experience obvious abdominal distension in a short period of time, and examination is often accompanied by ascites, which is a major symptom of ovarian cysts.

2. Abdominal pain

If a malignant ovarian cyst affects the surrounding nerves and absorbs nutrients from the surrounding organs and tissues, the patient will experience obvious symptoms of lower abdominal pain, back pain, or lower limb pain. If the tumor has compressed the pelvic veins, the patient will also experience lower limb edema. If the tumor is a functional lesion, the patient will often show signs of excessive androgen. It should be noted that the abdominal pain symptoms of patients with malignant ovarian cysts, especially right lower abdominal pain, need to be differentiated from diseases such as pelvic inflammation to avoid misdiagnosis and delay the best early treatment opportunity for the disease.

3. Cachexia

The main symptom of patients with late-stage malignant ovarian cysts is cachexia. Gynecological examination can reveal scattered hard nodules in the posterior fornix of the vagina. The lumps mostly occur on one side, are generally fixed, solid or semi-solid, and have an uneven surface. They are often accompanied by symptoms of bloody ascites. Enlarged lymph nodes can also be touched in the groin, armpits or clavicle of some patients.