Ovarian tumors in the pediatric age group: 37 cases treated over an 8-year period.

Ovarian tumors have generally been considered rare in the pediatric age group. We reported our experience dealing with pediatric ovarian tumors during an 8-year period.Between January 1998 and December 2006, 37 girls with ovarian tumors were treated at the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Childrenfs Medical Center. Modes of clinical presentation, pathology diagnosis, methods of treatment and clinical outcome were retrospectively...