title: Prevalence and management of ovarian tumours in Women and Children Hospital Abbottabad.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of study was to compare world incidence of ovarian tumours whether benign or malignant with that of our unit. We have also discussed management of all these patients at our center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our unit out of total 1400 admissions in 24 months, 26 had ovarian tumours, out of these 6 were malignant. The over all malignancy in our unit was 23% as compared to 15% of over all world incidence, 24 of these patients, were admitted through the OPD with advanced size of tumours. None of them previously had any check up at proper Gynaecological Centers. All these 24 were admitted to the ward, investigated, operated and after receiving histopathology reports were further managed accordingly. Two patients had torsion of ovarian tumour and were admitted through emergency and operated as emergency cases. In our study group the majority, 77% had benign ovarian tumours in which simple salpingoophorectomies was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Waqar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Begum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence