1SYEDA FARIHA HASNNY, 2KHURSHEED NOORANI.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To describe the frequency of malignant ovarian tumors in our patients and to describe its histopathological variants. Material And Methods: It was a descriptive study carried out at the Department of Gynae &Obs in J.P.M.C over a period of 18 months from 2001 to 2002. Consecutive patients were admitted with the diagnosis of Gynaecological malignancies confirmed on investigations and all underwent laparotomies during the same admission. Various parameters were analyzed including age, parity, co- morbid conditions , menstrual history, family history of cancer and previous surgeries etc. Statistical analysis was carried out utilizing SPSS 10.0 for windows. Results: During this study 70 patients were diagnosed to have gynaecological malignancy. Among them 16 patients (22.85%) had malignant ovarian tumors and their histopathology reports showed that majority of cases i.e,10 patients (62.5%) had tumors of epithelial origin, 2 (10.5%) belong to sex cord tumors, 1 (6.25%) was of germ cell origin and 1 patients had metastatic ovarian tumor. Conclusion: It was concluded from our study that ovarian tumor rate is quite high and seen more frequently in young females and majority of cases had tumors of epithelial origin. Keywords : Ovaria cancer / Laparoscopy / Surgery.

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1 Dept. of Gynae & Obst., Dow University of Health Sciences.
2 Consultant Gynaecologist.