Back to Search
Start Over
Adnexal masses and pregnancy: a 12-year experience.
- Source :
- American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Aug2003, Vol. 189 Issue 2, p358-363, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2003
-
Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>Our purpose was to describe pregnancy-associated adnexal masses in eastern North Carolina.<bold>Study Design: </bold>A retrospective study was performed of 60 adnexal masses resected during pregnancy at a regional referral hospital from January 1990 to March 2002.<bold>Results: </bold>Adnexal masses occurred in 0.15% of pregnancies. Average gestational age at diagnosis and surgery was 12 and 20 weeks, respectively. Fifty percent of ovarian tumors were mature cystic teratomas, 20% were cystadenomas, and 13% were functional ovarian cysts. Malignancy occurred in 13%. Tumors with low malignant potential comprised 63% of malignancies. Average cyst size was 11.5 cm for malignancies and 7.6 cm for benign lesions (P value <.05). The preterm birth rate was 9%, the miscarriage rate was 4.7% after elective cases, and average Apgar scores were 7.5 and 8.7 at 1 and 5 minutes.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The incidence of malignancy in pregnancy-associated adnexal masses was high. Ultrasonography detected internal excrescences in the majority of tumors with low malignant potential. Fetal outcomes were not affected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029378
- Volume :
- 189
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 106660093
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1067/s0002-9378(03)00731-2