title: [Borderline ovarian tumours: a challenge for clinicians].
abstract: A retrospective analysis of surgical procedures for ovarian tumours, performed in the Department of General and Oncological Gynaecology at the Military Medical Academy (Sofia, Bulgaria) specified 81% of the tumour cases as benignant ones, 15.6% as malignant ones, and 3.4% as borderline ovarian tumours (BOT). The histological type of BOT was assessed as serous in 62% and as mucinous in 38%. The incidence of BOT was found to increase with increasing age. Most patients with BOT were parous (60%). Serum levels of CA 125 were within normal values in all patients with BOT.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nacheva
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Atanasova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Miloshov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganovska
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simeonova
mesh_terms: D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018297:Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen