BACKGROUND More than two-thirds of women who undergo surgery for suspected ovarian neoplasm do not have cancer. Our previous results suggest phospholipids as potential biomarkers of ovarian cancer. In this study, we measured the serum levels of multiple phospholipids among women undergoing surgery for suspected ovarian cancer to identify biomarkers that better predict whether an ovarian mass is...

Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors are relatively infrequent neoplasms that account for approximately 8% of all primary ovarian neoplasm. Sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary include granulosa cell tumors, fibrothecomas, Sertoli-Leydigcell tumors, steroid cell tumors, and sclerosing stromal tumors (SST). Sclerosing stromal tumors account for 2% to 6% of ovarian stromal tumors. Despite the rarity o...

INTRODUCTION The ovary is a common site of metastasis from various organs. However, little is known about gallbladder carcinoma metastasizing to the ovaries and presenting as a primary ovarian tumor. CASE PRESENTATION We report two cases of a metastatic gallbladder carcinoma which mimicked a primary ovarian tumor in a 35-year-old and a 62-year-old North Indian woman. Clinically, both our pati...

BACKGROUND Ovaries are common site of non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions. They can present from the neonatal period to post menopause. Most are functional in nature and resolve with minimal treatment. Objective of the study was to determine the nature of various ovarian lesions and to ascertain the frequency and distribution of the various non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions. METHODS The...

  Background and Objective: Ovarian tumors are among the most frequent pathologic conditions in gynecologic practice and a frequent cause of hospitalization and surgery. The aim of this study was to determine histologic distribution of benign operated masses especially functional ovarian cysts. Material and Methods: Benign ovarian files of operated patients (2961 cases) in 20 tertiary and sec...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the rate of morbidity and mortality associated with colorectal polyps after the next 8-years period of endoscopic polypectomy, in a high risk managed care population. MATERIAL AND METHOD Cohorts of 77 subjects with benign neoplasms were identified with a colonoscopy in 1999. Three groups of subjects: benign neoplasms with polypectomy, benign neoplasms without polypectom...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of resistive index (RI) in conjunction to the morphological appearances. METHODS Prospective cross sectional survey of 37 females with adnexal masses was selected through non probability sampling admitted in Obstetrics units, in a private hosital from January 2009 to March 2010. All women underwent transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound and ovarian masse...

four patients are described in whom a follicular carcinoma developed following thyroidectomy for a benign follicular neoplasm. it is possible that the initial thyroid neoplasm was a well- differentiated follicular carcinoma which was microscopically indistinguishable from a benign adenoma. realizing this pathologic pitfall in thyroid diagnosis, the need for meticulous examination of the patholo...

We are reporting a case of Mullerianosis, which presented as a multiloculated cystic mass on the serosal surface of the fundus of the uterus. Clinically and radiologically, this was interpreted as an ovarian tumor. Mullerianosis is a very rare benign tumor-like lesion. Awareness of this lesion is necessary to avoid misdiagnosis by clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists.