Open AccessOVARIAN TUMORS
Author(s) -
Umair Asghar,
Abdul Qadir,
Affan Zia Bajwa,
Anil Roy Bhagwani,
Shazia Saad,
Iqra Waheed
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2016.23.12.1800
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , ovarian cancer , serous fluid , malignancy , pathological , population , abdominal pain , gynecology , cancer , radiology , physics , environmental health , optics
Ovarian cancers are the most common and fatal malignanciesin females. In Pakistan the incidence of ovarian cancer is increasing. The evidence regardingthe extent of problem is scarce in local population. Objective: To study clinico-pathologicalcharacteristics of ovarian tumors in females presenting in a tertiary care setup. Study Design:Cross sectional survey. Setting: Department of Pathology, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi.Methods: There were total n=29 patients diagnosed with ovarian tumors. Women with primaryovarian tumors were identified and clinical, radiological and pathological records were assessed.Frequency of different types of pathologies were identified among these women. Results: Meanage was 48.55±13.20years. There were n= 10 benign, n=6 borderline and n=13 malignantcases. Most common presenting complaint was abdominal pain and abdominal distension.Papillary Serous Carcinoma were most common benign (n=8) and malignant tumors (n=6). Atthe time of presentation, malignant lesions already had attained a size of 15.5 cm with ascitesn=7, mets to bowel in n=7 cases. Mortality was 30% in patients with malignancy while rests ofthe patients were lost to follow-up. Conclusion: Ovarian cancers are well known for being mostlethal of gynecological malignancies. At the time of presentation these tumors already attain asignificant size and metastasis. Further studies are warranted in this aspect.