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Table 3 Age distribution of the various types of germ cell and sex cord–stromal tumours

From: A pathological and clinical study of 706 primary tumours of the ovary in the largest tertiary hospital in Ghana

 

Age range in years

Type of germ cell tumour

0–4

5–14

15–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

>64

Total

 Mature teratoma

4

18

58

99

66

21

9

2

277

 Dysgerminoma and variants

0

1

6

1

0

0

0

0

8

 Yolk sac tumours

0

0

4

0

1

0

0

0

5

 Immature teratoma

0

2

0

1

0

0

1

0

4

 Choriocarcinoma

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

 Monodermal teratoma

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Total

4

21

68

101

67

22

10

3

296

Type of sex cord stromal tumour

0–4

5–14

15–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

>64

Total

 Adult GCT a

0

0

4

10

3

15

6

8

46

 Fibroma

0

0

6

11

3

3

4

2

29

 Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour, ID b

0

0

6

0

2

2

0

0

10

 Juvenile GCT

0

4

1

3

0

0

0

0

8

 Thecoma- fibroma

0

0

1

0

2

3

0

2

8

 Thecoma

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

1

4

 Unclassified

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

Total

0

4

19

24

11

25

10

14

107

  1. a Granulosa Cell Tumour
  2. b Intermediate Differentiation