Feasibility of ovarian cryopreservation in borderline XXXX .

@entity43 @entity1 @entity5
BACKGROUND: Borderline @entity43 (BOT) do not exhibit overt stromal invasion and are less aggressive than @entity43 . BOT also arise in younger @entity1 than those who develop epithelial @entity43 . Our aim was to evaluate the feasibility of ovarian cryopreservation (OC) in @entity1 treated for BOT. METHODS: A retrospective study of data concerning young @entity1 (less than 35 years of age) who underwent surgery for a BOT with OC planned during the surgical procedure. RESULTS: Twenty-three @entity1 , treated between January 2002 and February 2008, were initially selected but six of them were excluded from the present study (four because the @entity5 was malignant and two because it was benign). Finally, 17 @entity1 were diagnosed as having BOT based on the frozen section analysis. In nine (53%) of these cases, OC was finally performed. In eight cases, OC was not performed; instead, in four cases a simple cystectomy was finally performed (one @entity1 was in fact pregnant at the time of surgery), in one case @entity5 was found and in three (18%) @entity1 OC was not technically feasible because no normal ovarian parenchyma was evident on gross inspection. CONCLUSION: In @entity1 treated for a BOT, OC was eventually feasible in 53% of @entity1 in whom this procedure was initially planned. In 18%, this procedure was aborted because no macroscopic healthy ovarian tissue could be found.
