An Individualised Homoeopathic Treatment of a Haemorrhagic Ovarian Cyst: A Case Report

An ovarian cyst is a common gynecological problem during the childbearing age, these ovarian enlargements are functional in 70% of cases, neoplastic (mostly benign) in 20% of cases and ovarian endometriomas in 10% of cases. Malignant enlargement of ovaries can occur in any age group, however more often after the age of 50 years. Ovarian cyst can be divided into functional and pathological. A patient aged 28 years of age came with the complaints of irregularities of menses, and pelvic pain for 1 year and USG suggesting of Haemorrhage ovarian cyst. CA 125 was under normal limit. Pulsatilla was given as an individualized drug of the patient after evaluating symptomology of the case and the potency used in this case was 200, repetition of potency was done according to the need of the case and follow up criteria. The treatment was done for 6 months, her symptomology was subsided and after treatment USG report also suggest of no presence of an ovarian cyst. The Modified Naranjo criteria were accessed to see the casual attribution to the prescribed medicine in the case. This evidence based case report can suggest the scope of homeopathic management in the treatment of Ovarian Cyst. Key words: Ovarian cyst, Homoeopathy, Individualised Homoeopathic medicine, Pulsatilla.