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ArticleJournal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association2017

Does size matter? Retrospective analysis of large gynecologic tumors.

Tufan Öge, Emel Öztürk, Ömer T Yalçın

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Article in Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tufan ÖgeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Emel ÖztürkClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Ömer T YalçınDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University School of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir Osmangazi University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the characteristics of patients who underwent surgery due to the presence of a large pelvic-abdominal mass over a 5-year period in a university clinic. MATERIAL AND

methodsAmong 3476 gynecologic operations, intraoperative findings were evaluated retrospectively. Uterine and/or adnexal masses smaller than 20 cm were excluded to refine "large" tumors and 74 patients with large tumors were enrolled in the study group. Demographic characteristics, intraoperative findings, and results of histopathologic examinations were recorded. Moreover, preoperative and intraoperative findings were compared among tumors with adnexal origin according to their final histopathologic results.

resultsThe mean age of the patients was 46 years. The most common symptom was abdominal pain, as recorded in 38 (51.4%) patients. Among all patients, 31 (41.9%) had coexisting illness and 13 (17.6%) had a history of surgery. The mean tumor diameter was 25.9±8.6 cm (20-60) and 60 (78.9%) tumors were of adnexal origin. The ratios of malignancy for large adnexal and uterine tumors were 34.4% and 12.5%, respectively. When the large adnexal tumors were re-evaluated, the mean cancer antigen (CA) 125 level was significantly higher, and ascites was more frequently detected in malignant tumors (p<0.01) then in benign and borderline tumors.

conclusionBenign and borderline tumors are more common among large abdominopelvic masses, although the presence of ascites and elevated CA 125 may present malignancy in large gynecologic tumors. Further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to define the characteristics of large tumors and their malignant potentials.

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Big gynecologic tumorsborderline tumorsleiomyoma ovarian cysts.

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PMCPMC5776159
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