Borderline and Malignant Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma At Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital: A Retrospec tive Study of Epidemiology and Basic Charateristics

Abstract

This study reported on 324 cases of borderline and malignant common epithelial tumours treated at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital over a nine year period from 1984-1992. The mean age of patients was 48.8 + 13.3. Most common presenting symptoms were abdominal pain or abdominal mass and 54.3% of the patients were diagnosed in the advanced stage. Mucinous tumuor was the most common cell type (35%), but serous and endometrioid (60%) carcinoma were found in the more advanced stage and had a higher incidence of bilaterality and a higher incidence of ascites than other cell types. (Thai J Obstet Gynaecol 1994; 6: 7-15)