Ovarian tumors in childhood and adolescents - Our eight years experiences

Authors

  • Archana Amatya Dept Ob/Gyn TUTH
  • Ashma Rana Dept Ob/Gyn TUTH
  • Geeta Gurung Dept Ob/Gyn TUTH

Keywords:

childhood, adolescent, ovarian tumors, malignancy

Abstract

Aims: To study the distribution of different types of ovarian tumors seen in adolescents and children and evaluate the commonest tumor during this period.

Methods: A prospective study conducted at Dept of Ob/Gyn, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital form January 1999 - January 2008.

Results: There were a total of 80 cases of ovarian tumors in childhood and adolescents. Most of the cases had presented to the outpatient department of Ob/Gyn (54%), Medicine (10%), Surgery (21%) and Emergency Unit (15%). Majority of the cases were between the ages of 15 to 19 and tumors in childhood age up to 14 represented 21% of the total ( < 10year being 4). The most frequently occurring tumor was Germ cell tumors accounting for 59 (73.7%) of the total. Out of which dermoid was the most frequently occurring in 45(76.2%). Nineteen (23.71 %) of the total tumor were malignant. All of them underwent laparatomy followed by enucleation (14); Unilateral ophoorectomy (28), unilateral salphingooophorectomy (36) and TAHBSO (2).

Conclusion: This study shows the preponderance of germ cell tumor and high percentages of malignancies within germ cell tumor in young children and adolescents.

Keywords: childhood, adolescent, ovarian tumors, malignancy  

doi:10.3126/njog.v3i1.1438  

NJOG 2008 May-June; 3(1): 39 - 42

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Archana Amatya, Dept Ob/Gyn TUTH

Archana Amatya, MD
Lecturer, Dept Ob/Gyn, Tribhuvan university teaching hospital, Katmandu, Nepal
Email:drarchu67@yahoo.com

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Amatya, A., Rana, A., & Gurung, G. (2008). Ovarian tumors in childhood and adolescents - Our eight years experiences. Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 3(1), 39–42. Retrieved from https://nepjol.info/index.php/NJOG/article/view/1438

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2008)

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