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Ibrahim SOOK¹, Fawole AA², Folaranmi OO³, Abdulmajeed AA³, Adegboye O³
Abstract
Ovarian malignancies constitute the second commonest among female genital malignancies worldwide.
Objective: To document the age distribution and histological variants of ovarian malignancies over the period of review Methods: This is a retrospective review of all ovarian malignancies reported in Department of Pathology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital between January 2007 and December 2016 Results: Out of a total of 317 female genital malignancies reported during this period, 57 cases (17.9%) were ovarian malignancies. Their ages ranged between 10 to 84 years, with a peak age of occurrence at 41-50 years (28% of all ovarian malignancies). The commonest histological group is surface epithelial stromal malignancies (52.6%), and serous adenocarcinoma constituted 76.6% while mucinous adenocarcinoma was 16.7%. Sex-cord stromal malignancies are the second commonest group (28%) and all are granulose cell tumours. Five (8.8%) cases of malignant germ cell tumour were recorded; and malignant germ cell tumours constituted 80% of ovarian malignancies in age group 11-30 years.
Conclusion: Ovarian malignancies are also the second commonest female genital malignancies in our center. And the commonest histological group is surface epithelial stromal malignancies while the commonest in children and young adults are malignant germ cell tumours.
Objective: To document the age distribution and histological variants of ovarian malignancies over the period of review Methods: This is a retrospective review of all ovarian malignancies reported in Department of Pathology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital between January 2007 and December 2016 Results: Out of a total of 317 female genital malignancies reported during this period, 57 cases (17.9%) were ovarian malignancies. Their ages ranged between 10 to 84 years, with a peak age of occurrence at 41-50 years (28% of all ovarian malignancies). The commonest histological group is surface epithelial stromal malignancies (52.6%), and serous adenocarcinoma constituted 76.6% while mucinous adenocarcinoma was 16.7%. Sex-cord stromal malignancies are the second commonest group (28%) and all are granulose cell tumours. Five (8.8%) cases of malignant germ cell tumour were recorded; and malignant germ cell tumours constituted 80% of ovarian malignancies in age group 11-30 years.
Conclusion: Ovarian malignancies are also the second commonest female genital malignancies in our center. And the commonest histological group is surface epithelial stromal malignancies while the commonest in children and young adults are malignant germ cell tumours.
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