Clinical analysis of 74 cases with ovarian thecoma

To study the clinical pathologic characteristics, treatment and prognostic factors of ovarian thecoma. From 1958 approximately 1998, a total of 74 patients with benign and malignant thecoma were retrospectively analyzed. The reviewed diagnosis were 8 patients with malignant thecoma, 66 patients were...

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Published inChung-hua fu chʿan kʿo tsa chih Vol. 37; no. 2; p. 101
Main Authors Wu, Lingying, Zhang, Wenhua, Li, Hongjun, Li, Ling, Kong, Weimin, Liu, Liying
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.02.2002
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Summary:To study the clinical pathologic characteristics, treatment and prognostic factors of ovarian thecoma. From 1958 approximately 1998, a total of 74 patients with benign and malignant thecoma were retrospectively analyzed. The reviewed diagnosis were 8 patients with malignant thecoma, 66 patients were benign thecoma. Nine of 66 patients with benign thecoma appeared cell proliferative activity. The mean age was 52 years. The most frequent symptoms were abdominal-pelvic masses (56.8%), metromenorrhagia and abnormal vaginal bleeding, other symptoms were abdominal pain, infertility followed. Twenty-two of 66 patients had ascites, only 1 patient with ascites and hydrothorax simultaneously. Thirty-nine patients with diseases which associate with excessive estrogenic stimulation, including 1 endometrial adenocarcinoma and 1 endometrial dysplasia and other diseases such as: myoma; endometrial hyperplasia and polyp. Fifteen patients with benign thecoma were evaluated blood serum CA(125), the CA(125) were elevated in 9 o
ISSN:0529-567X