title: Adolescent ovarian masses: A retrospective analysis.
abstract: A retrospective study was conducted to review incidence, clinical practice, surgical management and histology of adolescent ovarian masses in order to audit and improve future practices. Complete hospital records of all adolescents between 10 and 20 years who had undergone surgery for ovarian masses were analysed between November 2006 to 2014. Parameters analysed were age, clinical features, diagnosis, operative procedure and histopathology. Ninety-four patients were included in the study and among them, 37 had non-neoplastic masses, 30 had benign neoplasms while 27 had malignant tumors. The main clinical presentations were abdominal pain (54%) and abdominal mass (41%). Dermoid was the most common benign neoplasm while germ cell tumor was the most common malignant mass; dysgerminoma being the commonest (68%). Malignancy was more common in early adolescence (12 ± 4.8 years) while non-neoplastic masses were seen more frequently in late adolescence (17.7 ± 2.2 years). There was a fair correlation between ultrasound and histopathological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital , Delhi , India and.
authors.forename: Bindiya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital , Delhi , India and.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guleria
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital , Delhi , India and.
authors.forename: Amita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suneja
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital , Delhi , India and.
authors.forename: Neelam B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Vaid
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital , Delhi , India and.
authors.forename: Shalini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajaram
authors.affiliation: b Department of Pathology , University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital , Delhi , India.
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wadhwa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescence; ovarian malignancy; ovarian tumors