Ovarian cysts and tumours in children and adolescents
dc.contributor.author | Bryant, Emma P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-15T10:20:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-15T10:20:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ovarian 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.department | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2019 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/medog | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Bryant, 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.issn | 1027-9148 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68687 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | In House Publications | en_ZA |
dc.rights | In House Publications | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Ovarian masses | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Children | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Ovarian tumours | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cancers | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Germ cell tumours (GCT) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Ovarian cysts and tumours in children and adolescents | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |