Table 3.
Age group distribution of ovarian specimens in relation to major histologic category of lesion
| Histologic category |
< 19 years |
20–29 years |
30–39 years |
40–49 years |
50–59 years |
60–69 years |
70–79 years |
Total | Percentage (%) |
| Benign neoplastic lesions |
5 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 71 | 44.4 |
| Cystic non neoplastic lesions |
1 | 19 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | 39 | 24.4 |
| Malignant neoplastic lesions |
4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 21.2 |
| Inflammatory lesions |
3 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 7.5 |
| Borderline malignant lesions |
- | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1.9 |
| Ectopic normal tissue |
- | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.6 |
| Total | 13 (8.1%) |
54 (33.8%) |
52 (32.5%) |
13 (8.1%) |
15 (9.4%) |
11 (6.9%) |
2 (1.2%) |
160 (100%) |
100% |
P = 0.000