[Cysts and tumors of the ovary in childhood]

From 1965 to 1975, eighty-four girls with ages from 6 days to 14 years were operated at 10 pediatric hospitals in our country. There were 65 cases of primary neoplasias of the ovary, 15 with functional cysts and 4 unclassified because of hemorrhagic necrosis. Fifty-two patients showed germe cells tumors, in 9 were epithelial, 2 tumors of the gonadal stroma and 2 were classified in a miscelaneous group. The mild cystic teratoma was the tumor most frequently found (73.8%). In 75% of the patients, the pre-operative diagnosis was correctly made. In 10.7% of the girls, the tumors were malignant. These tumors were treated with surgery alone or combined with radiations and chemotherapy. Out of the seven malignant cases, 5 have followed a favorable course of periods from 3 to 9 years.