Ovarian cysts and tumours in children and adolescents

dc.contributor.authorBryant, Emma P.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-15T10:20:11Z
dc.date.available2019-03-15T10:20:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractOvarian masses are an uncommon finding in children and adolescents with an incidence of around 2.6/100000 per year excluding functional ovarian lesions of which the true incidence is unknown.1,2 While ovarian tumours account for less than 1% of all cancers in children, the likelihood of malignancy found in ovarian masses in children and adolescents ranges from 9% -11%.(1,3) The most common ovarian masses identified in this age range are listed in Table 1. Up to 64% are neoplastic of which the large majority are germ cell tumours (GCT) (60-80%). Sex cord stromal cell tumours and surface epithelial tumours account for 5% and <20% respectively unlike in adult ovarian tumours where surface epithelial tumours predominate.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentObstetrics and Gynaecologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/medogen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBryant, E. 2018, 'Ovarian cysts and tumours in children and adolescents', Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 15-18.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1027-9148
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/68687
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherIn House Publicationsen_ZA
dc.rightsIn House Publicationsen_ZA
dc.subjectOvarian massesen_ZA
dc.subjectChildrenen_ZA
dc.subjectOvarian tumoursen_ZA
dc.subjectCancersen_ZA
dc.subjectGerm cell tumours (GCT)en_ZA
dc.titleOvarian cysts and tumours in children and adolescentsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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