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Clinical and pathologic evaluation of 342 benign ovarian tumors
Author(s) -
Portuondo JoséA.,
Gimenez Borja,
Rivera JoséM.,
Garriga J.,
Alegre Alfonso
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(84)90080-8
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , ovarian cyst , cyst , malignancy , teratoma , germ cell tumors , dermoid cyst , ovarian tumor , serous fluid , benign tumor , abdominal pain , radiology , surgery , pathology , ovarian cancer , cancer , chemotherapy
A series of 289 patients who were diagnosed with 342 benign ovarian tumors (BOT) at laparotomy have been reviewed. Mean age was 36.7 years (S.D. ± 13.9), mean parity was 1.5 (S.D. ± 1.6); 236 (81.7%) patients had a single unilateral ovarian tumor; 29 (10%) patients had bilateral ovarian tumors. Benign cyst teratoma was diagnosed in 89 (26%) tumors, and it was the most frequent histological type. In eight patients (2.8%) the post‐operative pathologic report was compatible with malignancy, despite the lack of suspicion at laparotomy. Mean maximal diameter of BOT was 9.1 cm, and almost 60% of the mucinous cystoadenomas were larger than 16 cm. Benign cyst teratoma and serous cytoadenoma had a medium size, about 6–10 cm. Lower abdominal‐pelvic pain was the symptom most frequently reported by patients with BOT. Calcifications were most frequently seen in benign cyst teratoma. Tumors of 11–15 cm in size were the tumors most frequently torsioned. Twenty four (8.3%) patients had their surgical operation done during pregnancy; benign cyst teratoma was the tumor most frequently associated with pregnancy.