Review Article
Histopathologic Patterns of Ovarian Tumors in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
Histopathologic patterns of ovarian tumors and their frequency.
| | Histopathologic type of tumor | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
| | Surface epithelial tumor | Serous 70 (64.8%) | Serous cystadenoma | 53 | 28.3 | | Serous borderline tumor | 3 | 1.6 | | Serous cystadenofibroma | 3 | 1.6 | | Serous cystadenocarcinoma | 11 | 5.9 | | Mucinous 36 (33.3%) | Mucinous cystadenoma | 22 | 11.8 | | Mucinous borderline tumor | 6 | 3.2 | | Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma | 8 | 4.3 | | Endometrioid 2 (1.9%) | Endometrioid carcinoma | 2 | 1.1 |
| | Sex cord-stromal tumors | Granulosa cell tumor 11 (50%) | Adult granulosa cell tumor | 10 | 5.3 | | Juvenile granulosa cell tumor | 1 | 0.5 | | | Fibroma | 8 | 4.3 | | Thecoma | 1 | 0.5 | | Fibrothecoma | 2 | 1.1 |
| | Germ cell tumors | Mature cystic teratoma | 54 | 28.9 | | Mixed germ cell tumor | 1 | 0.5 |
| | Others | Secondary carcinomas | 2 | 1.1 |
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