Aims: Ovarian cancer has the worst prognosis among female genital tract malignancies, but if detected in the early stages, it is one of the most treatable malignancies. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of tumor markers compared to ultrasound in the diagnosis of ovarian tumors. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional-analytical study, 210 women referred to ...

background and objective: ovarian tumors are among the most frequent pathologic conditions in gynecologic practice and a frequent cause of hospitalization and surgery. the aim of this study was to determine histologic distribution of benign operated masses especially functional ovarian cysts. material and methods: benign ovarian files of operated patients (2961 cases) in 20 tertiary and seconda...

background: thromboembolism is the most important complication of cancers.the aim of this study was to determine d-dimer levels in benign and malignant tumors of the uterus, ovary and cervix. subjects and methods: this was a cross sectional study and it was conducted on 90 female patients referred to imam khomeini and arash hospitals because of uterine, cervical and ovarian tumors in 2013-2014....

Nomenclature Various names have been applied to this entity. These include “ovarian tumors of low malignant potential,” “borderline ovarian tumors,” “atypical proliferating ovarian tumors,” and even “borderline ovarian carcinomas.” Each of these terms has its drawbacks. “Low malignant potential” suggests that these tumors have a certain propensity to become malignant. In fact, as Kurman and Tri...

AIMS To find specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features to differentiate metastatic ovarian tumors from primary epithelial ovarian cancers. METHODS Eleven cases with metastatic ovarian tumors and 26 cases with primary malignant epithelial ovarian cancers were retrospectively studied. All features such as patient characteristics, MRI findings and biomarkers were evaluated. The differen...

Ovarian tumors can be classified by their origin - epithelial tumors, germ cell and stromal tumors. Malignant struma ovarii (MSO) are 0.01% of all ovarian In order to as a ovarii, more than 50% the teratoma consists thyroid tissue. The tissue in exhibits same histological physiological properties that cervical Poorly differentiated carcinoma (PDTC) is an extremely rare occurrence when arising f...

A prospective study was conducted at the OB/GYN department of Kasr El Eini hospital, Cairo University from Jan 2000 - Oct 2002. The study included 51 patients in the age group between 40-70 years (including pre and post menopausal women). All patients were subjected to following after taking a consent from each patient: Complete clinical evaluation; including history taking and clinical examina...