Ovarian masses in children: A single center’s experience

Authors

  • Hatice Sonay Yalcin Comert
  • Ilker Eyuboglu
  • Safak Ersoz
  • Ali Akdogan
  • Mustafa Imamoglu
  • Haluk Sarihan

Keywords:

Children, ovarian mass, oophorectomy

Abstract

Aim: Although ovarian masses are rare in children, they differ forevery age group. We aimed to evaluate the management of patients diagnosed with ovarian masses in our clinic. Material and Methods: The medical records of patients (age ≤ 18) who underwent operations for ovarian masses during the period 2009-2019were evaluated retrospectively. Demographic findings, presenting symptoms and signs, the results of radiological examinations, mass locations and sizes, tumor markers, histopathological diagnoses and cases’surgical intervention were recorded.Results: The study included 51 patients with a total of 54 surgical interventions. There was a significant difference between tumor size and pathological diagnosis (p0.048) between the pathological diagnosis and the surgical intervention for patients who required oophorectomy and did not require oophorectomy (p=0.02) and presenting symptoms and signs with pathological diagnoses (p=0.027). We found no difference in the patients’ age of presentation and the pathological diagnoses (ovarian torsion, neoplastic or non neoplastic lesions) (p=0.542). We also found no difference between tumor markers and pathological diagnoses (p=0.253 for CEA, p=0.345 for αFP and p=0.129 for βHCG) or mass location (right or left side) with the pathological diagnoses (p=0.246).Conclusion: : Ovary preservation surgery is important for ovarian masses in children, and we must be careful when performing surgery on these patients.

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2021-05-25

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Ovarian masses in children: A single center’s experience . Ann Med Res [Internet]. 2021 May 25 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];27(5):1465-8. Available from: http://annalsmedres.org/index.php/aomr/article/view/759