Evaluation of histo-pathogical patterns of ovarian masses in relation to age in Rawalpindi-Islamabad region - Lab Research.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the histopathological patterns of ovarian tumours in relation to age in Rawalpindi-Islamabad region of Pakistan. METHODS: The retrospective study was conducted at the Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and comprised data related to ovarian tumour cases from 2013 to 2017). Tumour type, tumour subtype, tumour size, cancer staging and age of patients were noted from the medical records. Ovarian tumours were broadly classified in accordance with the World Health Organisation system for ovarian neoplasms. RESULTS: Out of 420 ovarian tumour cases, 250 (59.5%) were benign, 24 (5.7%) were borderline, and 146 (34.8%) were malignant. In terms of classification, 268 (63.8%) were surface epithelial tumours, 100 (23.8%) germ cell tumours, 29 (6.9%) sex cord stromal tumours, 12 (2.9%) metastatic tumours, n= and 11(1.2%) were miscellaneous.. Of the malignant tumours, 146(61.6%) were found in patients aged over 40 years. Serous cystadenoma was the most common 82(32.8%) benign tumour, while serous cyst-adenocarcinoma constituted the main bulk 48(32.9%) of malignant tumours.. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of ovarian tumours was found to be quite high among women of Rawalpindi-Islamabad region..