Seema Butt, Mohammad Hashim Fazili, Saira Rathore, Shazia Nilofer Ibnerasa.
Histopathological study to see the incidence of Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic lesions in ovaries received in a Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore Pakistan.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(4):737-9.

Aim : to see the pathology involved in the ovaries received in the histopathology department of LMDC, from a tertiary care hospital, in Lahore, Pakistan. Methods: This study was done during a period of 6 years with percentage and pattern of involvement and age distribution of the lesions. This is a study of ovarian lesions received in LMDC from Ghurki trust teaching hospital over a period of 6 years. Total of 182 cases were studied. The specimens were received in formal saline and hematoxylin and eosin stained slides were examined. Results: 182 cases were analyzed and it was found that 113(62%) were involved by non -neoplastic processes, 69(38%) were involved by neoplastic processes among them 38(20.88%) were benign and 31(17%) malignant/borderline. Age range was from 13 years to 76 years with a mean age of 44.5. Follicular cysts were the commonest 47(25.82%) non neoplastic, the most common malignant neoplasm was serous cyst adenocarcinoma (64% among the malignant) and Simple serous cysts were the commonest finding among the benign neoplasms Conclusion : In our study the most commonly found pathology was non-neoplastic follicular cysts and among the benign neoplastic lesions serous cyst adenomas were the commonest. Most common malignancies were serous cyst adenocarcinomas. Prophylactic hysterect omies with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomies greatly reduce the risk of carcinomas. Such studies indicate the importance of early investigations and diagnosis in prevention of development of malignancies.

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