Histopathological Study of Ovarian Tumors.

ABSTRACT

The ovarian tumors show wide variation in the clinical and morphological features. The incidence also varies in different parts of the world. This is a histopathological study of 100 ovarian tumors over a period of 5 years in our institute. The ovarian tumors were classified according to WHO Classification. The aim of this work was to study the incidence and gross and microscopic features of different benign and malignant ovarian tumors. Benign tumors were more common than malignant tumors. Among benign tumors serous cystadenoma (41.89%) was the most common followed by mucinous cystadenoma (29.72%) and mature cystic teratoma (16.21%). Among malignant ovarian tumors, the most common type was serous cystadenocarcinoma (38.46%) followed by dysgerminoma (11.53%) and clear cell carcinoma (11.53%). Majority of the ovarian tumors were surface epithelial tumors (77%) followed by germ cell tumors (16%) and sex cord stromal tumors (6%).