Benign Ovarian Tumors in Pediatric and Adolescence

Abstract

Introduction: Ovarian tumors are rare in pediatric age and represent 1 to 5% of childhood tumors. The objective of this work is to know which are the most frequent ovarian tumors in our environment in girls and adolescents in an oncological center of the city of Guayaquil-Ecuador.

Methods: The present study is descriptive and retrospective, in which a review of records of girls and adolescents diagnosed with ovarian tumors is performed, at the National Oncology Institute "Dr. Juan Tanca Marengo” in the period from January 2015 to May 2017. The variables recorded were age, ultrasound diagnosis, histopathological diagnosis, affected ovary, clinical characteristics, salpingectomy, tumor markers. Descriptive statistics are used.

Results: 32 patients with an average age of 12.7 entered the study. The most affected ovary was the right one with a 2.2: 1 ratio and in 9% it was bilateral. The reported histology of serous cysts were 21% follicular cyst and 18.5% by luteal cyst. Simple cysts accounted for 15.25%, cystadenoma and mature teratoma with 9%, dermoid cyst and endometrioma with 3%. Pain was the most striking condition as a single symptom in 65.5%. 18.75% ended up in anexectomy with oophorectomy due to cyst extension, 81.25% only required a cystectomy.

Conclusion: The histology reported in this series of benign ovarian tumors, follicular serous cysts were the most prevalent, followed by luteal cysts. Pelvic pain was the most striking symptom. The majority of cases required a cystectomy and 19% additionally required oophorectomy.