Author

Number of patient

Age (year)

Site

Size (cm)

Ascites volume (ml)

Clinical presentation

CA 125 (U/mL)

Treatment

Prognosis and follow up

Amr and Hassan [14]

1

55

R

12 x 9 x 6

3,000

Abdominal distension, right  sided pleural effusion, ascites
 

-

TAH, BSO & partial omentectomy

Well, 36 months

Bethune et al. [15]

1

62

R

9 x 5 x 5

3,500

Abdominal swelling,  dyspnea, ascites & large bilateral pleural effusion

1621

TAH, BSO & infra-colic omentectomy

Well, 5 months

*Bokhari et al. [16]

1

51

R

15 x 6.5 x 11

-

Increasing abdominal girth, fatigue, dyspepsia, weight gain

1160

TAH, BSO & appendectomy
(frozen section performed)

-

Huh et al. [17]

1

   65

R

5 x 4 x 4

20,000

Abdominal distension,
Dyspnea, moderate bilateral effusion, marked ascites, pulmonary embolism

402

TAH, BSO, appendectomy and omental biopsy
(frozen section performed)

Well, 4 months

Hurlow et al. [18]

1

60

L

7.5 x 6.8 x 4.7

8,000

Chest pain, cough, mild dyspnoea, abdominal swelling, bilateral pleural pleural effusion, ascites

-

Laparotomy, BSO

-

*Jotkowitz et al. [19]

1

79

-

-

Several liters

Abdominal distension, epigastric pain & ascites

4670

TAH & BSO, omentecomy & peritoneal biopsies (frozen section performed**)

-

*Leung and Hammond [11]

2

60

77

R

L

10

8 x 10

500

4,000

Pelvic mass and small volume ascites

Pelvic mass & ascites,

224

2,860

TAH, BSO and omentectomy
(Frozen section perfomed)

TAH, BSO & left pelvic node sampling
(frozen section performed)

Well, 12 months

Well, 12 months

Loizzi et al. [20]

1

65

R

12 x 7

Few liters

Dyspnea,
diffuse abdominal pain, marked right sided pleural effusion, ascites

161

Laparotomy with RSO

Well, 2 months

*Loizzi et al. [3]

1

83

R

10 x 7 x 6.5

3,000

Abdominal distension, fatigue, anorexia, large amount of ascites

1570

TAH & BSO
(Frozen section perfmoed)

-

Long et al. [21]

2

53

78

L

L

15 x 11 x 7

12 x 10 x 5

4,100

-

Abdominal distension, weight loss, ascites, left pleural effusion

Abdominal distension, weight loss, ascites & bilateral pleural effusion

540

124

TAH, BSO, & infracolic omentectomy
(frozen section performed)

TAH &BSO
(frozen section performed)

Well, > 12 months

Well, 6 months

Mantouvalos et al. [22]

1

42

L

15

2,000

Abdominal pain and distension, dyspnea, cough, left sided pleural effusion, & ascites

-

TAH & BSO

-

*Mancuso et al. [23]

1

31

L

10 x 11 x 9

300

The pelvic mass was incidental finding. Ascites noted in the scan

689

Left salpingo-oophorectomy
(frozen section performed)

-

Mitrou et al. [24]

1

55

L

22 x 23 x 10

8,000

Large pelvic mass, ascites, small left sided pleural effusion

3803

TAH & BSO, infra-colic omentectomy & lymph nodes sampling

Well, 12 months

Obeidat and Amarin [25]

1

52

R

10 x 15 x 8

4,000

Dyspnea, marked ascites and moderate right sided pleural effusion

149

TAH, BSO and omentectomy

Well,
1 month

Paladini et al. [26]

1

42

R

11 x 7.3 x 8

8,000

Ascites, fever, diarrhea,
vomiting and significant
weight loss (hyperthyroidism).

2,548

RSO + ? TAH & LSO
(frozen section performed)

Well, 6 months

*Rim et al. [10]  

1

50

L

4 x 4 (struma ovarii)  attached to 3 x 3 mature cystis teratoma

3,000

Abdominal distention,  dyspepsia, massive ascites

878

TAH & BSO
(Frozen section performed)

Well, 10 months

Rana et al. [27]

1

70

R &  L

Bilateral benign struma; left: 7.5 x 5.5 x 4
Right: 2 x 1.5 x 1

-

Progressive abdominal distension, breathlessness, ascites, bilateral
pleural effusion

284

TAH, BSO & partial omentectomy

Well, >12 months

Jiang et al. [28]

1

46

R

20 x 18 x 15

6,000

Fatigue, anorexia, abdominal swelling, moderate ascities, marked pleural effusion
 

1230

TAH & BSO
(Frozen section performed)

Well, 3 months

Uehara and Sawada [29]

1

67

L

7 x 7

-

Qbdominal distension, dyspnea, massive ascites & bilateral pleural effusion

2086

TAH & BSO

-

*Mui et al. [12]

1

56

L

6 x 5 x 4 (struma ovarii)  coexist with 3 cm mature cystis teratoma

8,210

Abdominal distention, ascites 

5,218

TAH, BSO & omentectomy
(frozen section perfomed)

Well, > 4 months

*Guida et al. [30]

1

42

R

12 x 8.5 x 4

4,000

Fever, diarrhea, vomiting (hyperthyroidism), abdominal distension & lower limb edema

2,548

TAH & BSO

Morell et al. [8]

1

60

L

6 x 4 x 3
(2 cm teratoma found in the other ovary)

3,000

Abdominal pain & distension, left pleural effusion & ascites

-

TAH & BSO

-

*Lenehan et al. [13]

1

55

L

6 x 5 x 4

6,000

Epigastric pain, abdominal distension, change in bowel habits, & ascites

-

BSO
(previous TAH)

-

Present case

1

55

L

14 x 15

A total of 150,0000

Abdominal distension, ascites, left pleural effusion

872

Laparoscopic left Salpingo-oophorectomy

Well, 5 months