Ovarian Masses in Cesarean Section

Ovarian tumors do not often occur during pregnancy but when they do compose a real problem in clinical practice and their management may be of crucial importance.

This study performed to find the abundance of ovarian mass that incidentally recognized during cesarean section and their pathologic feature.

In a descriptive retrospective study a series of 63 cases of incidentally recognized ovarian tumors during cesarean section from August 21,1992 to August 21, 1998 were investigated with respect to relative frequency, pathological findings, age distribution, Bilaterality and size of the tumors.

Relative frequency of ovarian tumor accompanied cesarean section was I in 360. Dermoid cyst was the most common lesion found (27 percent), 26.7 percent of functional cysts was bilateral, remainder was unilateral (100 percent), 76.9 percent of neoplastic masses and 23.1 percent of non- neoplastic masses was ≥8cm and the relative frequency of malignant tumors was 4.8 percent.

The results of this study are relatively comparable with others, Also pathologic findings are comparable.