title: A retrospective analysis of twenty-eight borderline ovarian tumours in adolescent girls.
abstract: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical reproductive outcome and the rate of recurrence of low malignant ovarian tumors in adolescent girls after conservative surgical treatment by laparoscopy or laparotomy. We report 28 cases of borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs), that were surgically treated from 1990 to 2006 at the Obstetrical and Gynecological Department of Democritus University in Greece and the Aschaffenburg Teaching Hospital in Germany. All patient information was obtained by reviewing hospital records. BOT lesions in teenagers were associated with variable non-specific presenting symptoms. Ultrasonographic investigations can be helpful in the early diagnosis of BOTs in teenage girls. Most of the patients were diagnosed at an early stage. Available data of our study indicate that in these patients, fertility, pregnancy outcome and survival remain excellent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. ptsikour@med.duth.gr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsikouras
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Liberis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galazios
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Panagiotidou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouchlariotou
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Teichmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maroulis