Pathological features of persistent adnexal masses in pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The composition of pelvic masses during pregnancy is complex, and over >70% of masses are physiology. Determining the source and nature of tumor tissue is incredibly important in clinical practice, as the proportion of metastatic and low-grade tumors in adnexal masses increase during pregnancy. This study sought to analyze the pathological features of persistent adnexal masses in pregnancy.

Methods

A retrospective case analysis method was adopted to summarize the pathologic features of persistent adnexal masses in pregnancy in 228 patients at the Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University.

Results

Mature teratoma was the most common histopathological type of persistent adnexal masses in pregnancy (66/228, 28.95%), followed by the corpus luteum o

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature