 [ Symptoms ] 10 year old has cyst on ovary any alternative to surgery [ Disease ] large cysts and solid masses are usually removed surgically becausepain and risk of infection associated with ovarian torsion cysts may leak with the leaked fluid causing pain so large cysts with demonstrable leaked fluid in the abdomen may require surgery solid masses are never normal and require surgical exploration a large ovarian mass will pull on pelvic ligaments and make it likely that the ovary will become twisted called “torsion” — which is very painful other than the normal process of recovering from surgery removing a cyst while leaving the ovary intact should cause no noticeable effect