title: Benign epithelial ovarian tumors.
abstract: Two hundred and twelve patients with benign epithelial ovarian tumors managed consecutively at Hacettepe University Hospital between 1974-1994 were analyzed retrospectively. Benign epithelial tumors constituted 9.5% (212/2216) of all ovarian tumors and 28.5% (212/743) of the primary epithelial ovarian tumors during the study period. Of the patients with benign epithelial tumors, 104 (49.0%) had serous, 94 (44.3%) had mucinous and the remaining 14 (6.7%) had Brenner tumors. The surgical procedures varied from cystectomy to total abdominal hysterectomy according to the age of the patient. Bilaterality was encountered in 12.8% of serous and 10.6% of mucinous tumors. Ovarian carcinoma occurred synchronously in two patients. In two patients, serous cystadenoma was detected in the preserved ovaries following 3 and 7 years of initial conservative surgery, respectively. Serous tumors were relatively more common constituting approximately one half of the cases. Most of the patients presented with an abdominopelvic mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Günalp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aksu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001948:Brenner Tumor / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018297:Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous / Q000473:pathology; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies