title: Lipid index changes in the blood serum of patients with hyperplastic and early neoplastic lesions in the ovaries.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors used the lipid index (WL) to monitor lipid changes before and after surgery. The surgical operation performed was the simultaneous enucleation of a cystic tumor of the hilum ovarii in its entirety (with diagnosis of a simple cyst or teratoma adultum) in groups of 20 patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the lipid index WL in the blood serum of patients undergoing surgery treatment at the following times: before and 7 days after surgery, and 6 and 12 months after surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research material was the blood serum of women aged about 24 years. The authors divided the patients into 3 groups: two groups of 20 women and a control group. The concentrations of the lipid parameters were measured and the lipid index WL was calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant differences were found between the lipid index of serum from patients with diagnosed ovarian neoplasms and the index of serum from healthy subjects; differences were demonstrated in the postoperative period, particularly 6 and 12 months after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The lipid index WL proved useful in diagnosing ovarian neoplasm (simple cysts and teratoma adultum) and in monitoring the postoperative period.
authors.forename: Mikołaj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karmowski
authors.forename: Krzysztof A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sobiech
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Majda
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rubisz
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karmowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids