Benign Tumors of the Female Reproductive Tract

Prepubertal Age Group - Diagnosis and Management

 

Additional imaging : CT, MRI, Doppler  ow studies.

Risk  of  a  germ  cell  tumor  is  high,  the  nding  of  a  solid  component

mandates surgical assessment.

Additional imaging studies, such as CT scanning, MRI, or Doppler  ow

studies, may be helpful in establishing the diagnosis.

Because  the  risk  of  a  germ  cell  tumor  is  high,  the  nding  of  a  solid

component mandates surgical assessment.

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Adolescent Age Group Di erential Diagnosis Ovarian

Masses

 

Uterine Masses

In ammatory Masses

Pregnancy

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Adolescent Age Group - Ovarian masses

 

The risk of malignant neoplasms lower.

Germ cell tumors - most common tumors of the  rst decade of life but

occur less frequently during adolescence.

Epithelial neoplasms - increasing frequency with age.

Mature  cystic  teratoma  -  most  frequent  neoplastic  tumor  of  children

and adolescents, accounting for > 1/2 of ovarian neoplasms in women

< 20 y/o

The  risk  of  malignant  neoplasms  is  lower  among  adolescents  than

among children.

Epithelial  neoplasms  occur  with  increasing  frequency  with  age.  Germ

cell tumors are the most common tumors of the  rst decade of life but

occur less frequently during adolescence.

Mature  cystic  teratoma  is  the  most  frequent  neoplastic  tumor  of

children and adolescents, accounting for > 1/2 of ovarian neoplasms in

women < 20 y/o

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