Surgical Histopathology of Benign OvarianCysts: A Multicentre Study

Background and objective: ovarian tumors are among the most frequent pathologic conditionsin gynecologic practice and a frequent cause of hospitalization and surgery. the aim of this studywas to determine histologic distribution of benign operated masses especially functional ovariancysts.material and methods: benign ovarian files of operated patients (2961 cases) in 20 tertiary andsecondary hospitals were reviewed regarding age and histopathology from 1998- 2005. analysis wasdone by spss software (version 13).results: the most common benign histologies in order of frequency were functional cyst (57%),serous cystadenoma (13%), dermoid cyst (10%), mucinous cystadenoma (7%) and endometrioma(6%).conclusion: functional cysts were the most common benign ovarian cyst. nearly high distributionof functional cysts in the present study may be an index of need to management improvement andless surgical decisions in ovarian tumors.