Review Article
Histopathologic Patterns of Ovarian Tumors in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Natural behavior of ovarian tumors by type, age, laterality, and gross consistency.
| Natural behavior | Histopathologic type | Age in years | Laterality | Consistency | Surface epithelial | Germ cell | Sex cord | Secondary carcinoma | <20 | 20–39 | 40–59 | ≥60 | U/L | B/L | Cystic | Mixed | Solid |
| Benign | 78 | 54 | 11 | — | 23 | 71 | 39 | 10 | 117 | 9 | 125 | 10 | 8 | Borderline | 9 | — | — | — | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | — | 9 | — | — | Malignant | 21 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 7 |
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