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Published on: July 18, 2016
Borderline epithelial ovarian tumors: a single center experience
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Aim:
To evaluate the clinical outcomes of the patients treated for borderline ovarian tumor (BOT).
Materials And Methods:
In this retrospective study, records of the patients between November 2001 and December 2012 who underwent surgery and whose final pathological diagnosis were BOT were retrieved.
Results:
During the study period, 78 patients were diagnosed as BOT. The patho- logical diagnoses of the tumors were serous in 26 (33.3%) and mucinous in 52 patients (66.6 %), respectively. Accuracy of frozen section diagnosis was observed in 63 of 89 patients (70.7%). Sixty-eight women (87.1%) underwent complete staging procedure. According to final pathological diagnoses, Stage IA, IB, and IC were found in 52 (67%), five (6.5%), and seven (9%) patients, respectively. FIGO Stages IIC and IIIC were found in one case in each (1.25%). Remaining 12 patients were classified as unstaged (15%). The median follow-up time was 63 months. The authors observed only one recurrence (1.3%) and that patient died of disease.
Conclusion:
The survival rate in patients with BOTs confined to the ovary is excellent. Surgical staging procedure can be omitted in the patients with grossly apparent Stage I mucinous tumors.
