Ovarian tumours in the Medical City Hospital - a clinico pathologic study

ABSTRACT

A study of 244 patients having ovarian tumours seen and treated at the Medical City Teaching hospital was carried out during the period from Jan. 1976 to Dec. 1982. Two thirds of the patients were young adults [20-40 years]. The most common cystic benign tumour seen among the patients studied is the benign cystic teratoma. On the other hand, various types of adenocarcinoma are the most common solid tumours. An interesting finding is that malignant germ cell tumours are more common in our study compared to most other studies from Western countries. About 60% presented with abdominal pain, 25% with abdominal mass, while 15% of these tumours were discovered during examination for other gynaecological problems. Involvement of the right ovary is seen in 38%, the left ovary in 35% and in 17% the tumour was bilateral. The tumours were cystic in consistency in 74%, solid in 10% and 13% had disseminated malignany at the time of operation.This study gives basic information about the incidence and behaviour of the ovarian neoplasms in Iraqi women