Histopathological Profile of Cases of Oophorectomy: A Report from 1997-2007

OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to describe the findings of histopathological profile of series of ovarian tumors removed on oophorectomy during ten-year period in Karachi. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It was a descriptive study of 316 oophorectomy specimen observed during last 10 years. Data were entered on SPSS 11 and results were analyzed regarding distribution of cysts in relation to age, size and complications. RESULTS: The mean±SD age of the women undergone oophorectomy was 28.3±8.46. Complications were reported in 28.7% of the cysts and more commonly found in younger age groups. Corpus luteum was found to be the most frequent histopathology in all cases (22.87%) while follicular cysts were seen in 50% of the bilateral presentations. CONCLUSION: Most of the cysts removed on oophorectomy were benign in nature and despite of larger sized cysts in young women, malignancy was happened to be twice more common in middle age group. Hence, in younger age group, conservative management is recommendedeven for large sized cysts.