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Ovarian masses in postmenopausal women
Author(s) -
Ovadia J.,
Goldman G.A.
Publication year - 1992
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(92)90777-g
Subject(s) - medicine , postmenopausal women , gynecology , lesion , adnexal diseases , menopause , surgery , laparoscopy
In an attempt to evaluate the significance of malignant tumors in postmenopausal women, we reviewed the charts of 380 postmenopausal women over 50 years of age, operated on in our department for adnexal masses, from January 1st 1980 to December 31st, 1989. Two hundred and ninety‐seven benign (78.2%) and 83 malignant (21.8%) tumors were found. In our group of patients the rate of malignancies increases significantly with the size of the lesion. Of the malignant tumors 25.1% were in the age group 50–60 years, 16.3% in the age group 60–80 years and 58.6%, a fourfold increase in the rate of malignancies, in the over 80 age group. Although surgery might pose problems in older patients, we conclude, on the basis of our experience, that surgical treatment should be considered for all adnexal masses in postmenopausal women.