Epithelial ovarian tumors in adolescents: a retrospective pathologic study and a critical review of the literature.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to further evaluate the pathologic features of epithelial ovarian neoplasms and their relative frequency among all ovarian tumors in the adolescent population.

Design: We conducted a retrospective pathologic study of all cases of epithelial ovarian neoplasms in adolescents (aged 11-19 years) diagnosed in the pathology laboratory of our hospital over the past 25 years.

Results: A total of 86 ovarian tumors were identified, including 23 epithelium-derived ovarian neoplasms (26.