[Diagnosis and treatment of adnexa tumors in childhood and adolescence].

From 1968 to 1988, 47 children and adolescents, their ages ranged from a few days to 21 years, were treated for tumors of the ovary in the hospital for children and adolescents and the surgical department of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. In 33 cases ovarian cysts were found, 14 patients suffered from a neoplasm of the ovary. 8 of the neoplasms were benign cystic and solid teratomata, 4 were of epithelial origin and 2 identified as juvenile granulosa cell tumors. There was a follow up in all patients with tumors ranging up to 19 years.