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Histopathological patterns of ovarian lesions: A study of 161 cases
*Address correspondence to: Abdulkareem Younis SULEIMAN,
BIOCELL 2019, 43(3), 175-181. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2019.06884
Abstract
Ovarian lesions are commonly encountered pathologies that cannot be categorized clinicoradiologically. Definite diagnosis is of great importance for therapeutic and prognostic purposes. Histopathology gives accurate diagnosis in most cases. Few cases need supportive tests like immunohistochemistry. Objective: to study the histomorphological diversity of ovarian lesions, their age and location in North of Iraq (Mosul and Duhok). Patients and methods: In the period extended from January 2008 to December 2011, 161 cases of ovarian lesions were collected from pathology departments in Azadi General Hospital “Duhok” and Al-Jamhori Teaching Hospital “Mosul”. Automated tissue processor was used for histologic study and Streptavidin-biotin method on paraffin sections was applied for immunohistochemistry. Result: There was a wide age range, most being in the third decade. The right ovaries were more common involved than the left. Histologically, 58 (36%) cases were non-neoplastic and 103 were neoplastic including 90 (55.9%) benign and 9 (5.6%) malignant tumors. The remaining 4 (2.4%) cases comprised borderline serous cystadenoma. Conclusion: Most ovarian lesions were functional non-neoplastic followed by benign neoplastic. Apart from few cases, diagnosis was merely histological without any ancillary test.Keywords
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