BACKGROUND To investigate recurrence rates and fertility outcomes of patients with borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) treated with fertility-sparing surgery. METHODS This was a retrospective study. All women with BOTs from 2000 to 2006 were evaluated. Clinical outcomes were compared among groups that underwent radical, unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, or ovarian cystectomy. The effects of clin...

Immature teratomas are quite rare tumors arising in young women. They are usually diagnosed in early stage and grade and have a good prognosis. In these young patients, fertility-sparing management is suggested as the standard of care. Bilateral immature teratoma is a rare condition with an incidence of 10%, with a five-year survival rate of 80%. The majority of patients received fertility-spar...

INTRODUCTION Surgery in cervical cancer should be used with intention of cure. Radical abdominal trachelectomy is a feasible operation for selected patients with stage Iα-1β cervical cancer which fertility can be preserved. CASE REPORT A 30-years-old woman with squamous cell cervical cancer stage (1 A II) diagnosed at September 2011 expressed a wish for fertility-sparing treatment. Radical ab...

We report a patient who has maintained a regular menstrual cycle despite undergoing cystectomy and chemotherapy for contralateral recurrence of ovarian immature teratoma with gliomatosis peritonei. We initially performed a fertility-sparing right salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy and peritoneal biopsy for immature teratoma with gliomatosis peritonei, with adjuvant chemotherapy; we performed a ...

Primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is an extremely rare tumor. Preoperative diagnosis is very diffi cult and the treatment remains controversial. A 37-year-old Korean woman (gravida 0) presented with a huge abdominal mass. Computed tomography scan revealed an 18 × 11 cm sized unilocular cyst with irregular wall thickening and solid component at right adnexa. Serum CA 19-9 was s...