Benign Tumors of the Female Reproductive Tract

Reproductive Age Group - Neoplastic Ovarian Masses

 

Malignant transformation: < 2%

Bilateral: 10%

Torsion:  15%,  it  occurs  more  frequently  than  with  ovarian  tumors

because  the  high-fat  content  allowing  them  to  oat  within  the

abdominal and pelvic cavity.

As a result, frequently is anterior in location.

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Cystectomy  is  almost  always  possible,  even  if  it  appears  that  only  a

small amount of ovarian tissue remains.

Preserving a small amount of ovarian cortex in a young patient with a

benign lesion is preferable

Laparoscopic cystectomy is often possible,

Intraoperative  spill  of  tumor  contents  is  rarely  a  cause  of

complications.

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 KUB

Teeth In An Ovarian Cystic Teratoma

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 Sonography  

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