A case series on large benign ovarian tumours in post-menopausal woman
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Space occupying large abdomino pelvic ovarian tumours are uncommon Such huge ovarian tumours in postmenopausal women have to be evaluated as they raise the suspicion of malignancy The prevalence of ovarian neoplasm in postmenopausal women is 1418 with a risk of 1040 in the case of large complex ovarian cystsObjective To study the clinical features imaging and management of 5 postmenopausal women with large benign ovarian tumoursMaterials and Methods A retrospective study in a tertiary care institutional hospital between December 2017 February 2018 among 5 postmenopausal women with large benign ovarian tumoursResults All of them presented with abdominal distension abdominal pain and breathing difficulties They underwent exploratory laparotomy with frozen section Histopathology reports of all 5 showed benign ovarian tumours the most common being serous cystadenomaConclusion The large size of the ovarian tumour warrants surgical removal of the same This case series shows that not all extremely large tumours need to be malignant Patients also present at a much later stage due to lack of awareness ignorance and logistic reasonsKeywords Large benign ovarian tumours Postmenopausal womennbsp
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Sujitha Sivarajan, Sheila K Pillai, Usha Vishwanath
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