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Title: MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA OF OVARY IN A YOUNG FEMALE
e-poster Number: EP 243
Category: Gynaecologic Oncology
Author Name: Dr. Chitra Baburao Gutte
Institute: Vedantaa institute of medical Sciences,Dahanu
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Abstract :
TITLE-MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA OF OVARY IN A YOUNG FEMALE INTRODUCTION-MUCINOUS OVARIAN CANCER IS A TYPE OF EPITHELIAL CANCER WITH UNIQUE CLINICAL,HISTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS.IT IS COMMON IN FOURTH AND FIFTH DECADE.INCIDENCE OF THIS TYPE OF OVARIAN CANCER IS 3 TO 5%.IT COMMONLY PRESENTS WITH LARGE SOLID CYSTIC MASS IN THE PELVIC CAVITY.PATIENTS USUALLY HAVE SYMPTOMS OF COMPRESSION SUCH AS INCREASED FREQUENCY OF MICTURITION,URINARY RETENTION ,DIFFICULTY IN PASSING STOOLS & CONSTIPATION.IN SEVERE CASES PATIENTS MAY EXPERIENCE URINARY TRACT OR INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES-THE PURPOSE OF THIS CASE REPORT IS TO SHOW THAT HOW OVARIAN ADENOCARCINOMA CAN PRESENT IN EARLY AGE. METHODS-PRESENTING A CASE OF 34 YEAR FEMALE WITH COMPLAINS OF PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN & LUMP SINCE 4 MONTHS.PATIENT HAS NO MENSTRUAL COMPLAINTS .ON CLINICAL EXAMINATION MASS OF 24 WEEKS SIZE PRESENT IN ABDOMEN,FIRM IN CONSISTENCY.,,,,,.. PELVIC ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION REVEALED A SOLID AND CYSTIC MASS MEASURING 8*12*17 IN LEFT ADNEXAL AREA AND MIDLINE PELVIS WITH SOLID COMPONENT 8*10*12 CM .PATIENT WAS OPERATED.THE TUMOUR MASS WAS DIAGNOSED AS MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA OF LEFT OVARY BY HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION IN OUR INSTITUTION. RESULT-EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY SHOWED A MASS OF 17*14*7CM ARISING FROM LEFT OVARY . CONCLUSION -MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA ARE COMMON IN MIDDLE AGE AND ELDERLY WOMEN BUT CAN ALSO PRESENT IN EARLY AGES.