Ovarian cysts are very common in women during their reproductive years.
When an ovarian cyst is found, the first important decision to be made is whether this cyst will go away without treatment. Spontaneous resolution is expected and normal for the functional cysts related to ovulation. Women with healthy ovaries normally release an egg from a small ovarian cyst each month. The small cyst becomes a corpus lutem cyst and then lasts for two to three weeks waiting to support a new pregnancy. If pregnancy does not occur, the woman will experience a menstrual period as part of the process of the disappearing corpus lutem cyst.