Table 2.
Comparison of respective frequencies of the eleven histopathologic abnormalities in our ovarian dysplasia scoring system.
| Histopathological items | Group A (n= 40) |
Group B (n=15) |
Group C (n=116) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epithelial pseudostratification | 23 (57.5%) | 10 (66.6%) | 54 (46.5%) | P1=0.240 P2=0.032 P3=0.750 |
| Epithelial proliferation | 12 (30%) | 11 (73.3%) | 35 (30.1%) | P1=0.930 P2=0.002 P3=0.003 |
| Surface papillomatosis | 14 (35%) | 9 (60%) | 27 (23.2%) | P1=0.1200 P2=0.0070 P3=0.0074 |
| Irregular nuclear chromatine pattern | 13 (32.5%) | 7 (46.6%) | 21 (18.1%) | P1=0.054 P2=0.0072 P3=0.07 |
| Irregular nuclear contour | 7 (17.5%) | 7 (46.6%) | 35 (30.1%) | P1=0.371 P2=0.060 P3=0.0071 |
| Cellular pleiomorphism | 13 (32.5%) | 8 (53.3%) | 36 (31%) | P1=0.515 P2=0.006 P3=0.007 |
| Increase in nuclear size | 5 (12.5%) | 7 (46.6%) | 22 (18.9%) | P1=0.5130 P2=0.0038 P3=0.0025 |
| Inclusion cysts | 24 (60%) | 10 (66.6%) | 60 (51.7%) | P1=0.196 P2=0.12 P3=0.82 |
| Deep epithelial invaginations | 17 (42.5%) | 13 (86.6%) | 42 (36.2%) | P1=0.324 P2=0.012 P3=0.019 |
| Psammoma | 22 (55%) | 6 (40%) | 13 (11.2%) | P1<0.001 P2=0.0052 P3=0.74 |
| Stromal hyperplasia | 28 (70%) | 13 (86.6%) | 29 (25%) | P1<0.0001 P2<0.00001 P3=0.24 |
P1, statistical differences between group A and C; P2, statistical differences between group B and C; P3, statistical differences between group A and B.