Abstract
Background: Ovarian cysts, which present as neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions, are the most common gynecological cause of hospital admissions. This study was conducted to know the spectrum of ovarian tumors.Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among all the ovarian specimens sent for histopathological examination.Results: Forty two cases were Surface epithelial tumours and 49 cases were germ cell tumour. Among Surface epithelial tumours, 34 (80.95%) were benign neoplasm, 2(4.76%) were borderline and 6 including one Krukenberg tumour (14.29%) were malignant neoplasm. Among all Germ cell tumours, 45 (91.84%) were Mature cystic teratoma, 1 (4.08%) was Immature cystic teratoma and 2 (4.08%) were Dysgerminoma. Conclusion: Incidence of Surface epithelial tumours and germ cell tumours were found to be almost equal with mild predominance of Germ cell tumour.
Highlights
Ovarian cancer is the most frequent cause of death from gynecological cancer.[1]
Serous cystadenoma was found to be the commonest among benign surface epithelial tumour followed by Mucinous cystadenoma
Cystic lesions of the ovary are one of the commonest specimens that is received in the Pathology lab for the histopathological examination
Summary
A study of ovarian tumors and constitute about 90% of ovarian tumour.[4]. Due to their location, lack of regular screening and lack of specific symptoms, ovarian tumour often go undetected until they attain large size and present at a later age.[5]. Ovarian cysts, which present as neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions, are the most common gynecological cause of hospital admissions. This study was conducted to know the spectrum of ovarian tumors
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