Experts Warn Women to Beware Of Ovarian Tumour

Experts warn women to be aware of ovarian tumors and not to neglect the warning symptoms & annual check-ups.

Experts warn women to be aware of ovarian tumors – abnormal growths occurring in the woman's ovary, that can be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Also, they added, not to neglect these warning symptoms and annual health screening.

The expert suggestions seed from a very complicated to treat ovarian tumour case in a 78 years old post-menopausal woman from Hyderabad, Ms. Venkata Sinjeeva Kamala, who had approached KIMS Hospitals with pain abdomen, vomiting for 2 days and fullness of stomach for 1 year.

Ovarian Cysts - Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs in the ovary. Mostly detected on pelvic examination. Cyst removal is needed if the cysts cause pain, cancerous or symptomatic.

A huge abdominopelvic mass occupying the whole of the lower abdomen extending above naval point was found on the examination. Diagnostic studies like Ultrasound and CT scan showed a huge ovarian tumor of size 28 x 22 x 18 cm on laparotomy (open surgery) which was confined to the left ovary along with elevated levels of tumor marker.

Other medical complications like Diabetes, High blood pressure, Hypothyroidism, and Coronary artery disease pre-existed in the patient along with multiple medications including blood thinners. Further diagnosis with the frozen section reported as a borderline tumor that means non-cancerous but needs follow-up.

Good recovery was observed by the patient after surgery followed by discharge after 3 days. Although the patient had symptoms for the last year she neglected them and presented as an emergency, says Dr. Bindu Priya. N Consultant Urogynaecologist, KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad.

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Polycystic ovarian syndrome is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age and can cause infertility.

Facts on Ovarian Tumours

Benign ovarian tumours are slow-growing that occur in the reproductive age group of women
Tumours in pubertal and postmenopausal age groups are more aggressive and cancerous
Obesity, infertility, family history of ovarian cancers are some of the risk factors for ovarian tumors
Most of the ovarian tumors are asymptomatic and causing the symptoms only when they grow to a huge size that fills up the abdomen and causes pressure on the adjacent organs
Non-specific symptoms of ovarian tumours include pain, bloating (feeling full after eating little), loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, urination problems etc.

It is therefore recommended to consult the Gynecologist in case of the presence of any of the similar symptoms and not neglect the annual health screening including ultrasound scans. Better treatment along with the best result remains the contribution of early diagnosis of the disease.

Source-Medindia