Background: Ovaries are complex intra-pelvic organs of the female reproductive system. Ovarian cancer accounts for 3% of all cancers in females and is the fifth most common cause of cancer death in women. Early menarche, late menopause, nulliparity and high socioeconomic status are associated with an increased risk for ovarian neoplasms. Histopathological diagnosis remains the mainstay to differentiate neoplastic lesions from non-neoplastic lesions. Aims and Objectives: This study aims to analyze the view of ovarian tumors with respect to clinical presentation, gross and microscopic characteristics and also to study the frequency and histopathological patterns of ovarian tumours. Materials and Methods: This study comprised of 100 cases of ovarian tumours received in the Department of Pathology, GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar were analysed. Their gross features, microscopic findings were analysed in detail. Ovarian tumours were divided into benign and malignant categories and their further sub typing were done according to WHO Classification. Results: Out of total 100 cases, 76 were benign and 24 were malignant. Out of 100 cases, 62% were between 21-40 years of age followed by 28% were between 41-60 years of age. Most common presenting symptom was pain in abdomen followed by lump in abdomen and heavy menstruation. Out of total 100 cases, 70% were surface epithelial tumours, 24% were germ cell tumours and 6% were sex cord stromal tumours. Conclusion: To conclude we recommend microscopic histopathological examination of every ovarian mass in order to assess the importance of pathological grading and staging and they must be classified correctly so that the patient can be provided with appropriate treatment and prognosis.

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Thyroid gland is one the important organs, which play a wide and vital physiological role in the body. Thyroid diseases are quite common. The incidence of thyroid diseases depends mainly depending upon iron deficiency status. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) plays a vital role in evaluating patients with thyroid nodules. Surgical excision and histopathological evaluation are crucial to establish the diagnosis.This study mainly aims to classify the cytomorphology of palpable thyroid lesions by FNAC and correlate the results with histopathology. This study also aims to determine the spectrum of histopathological diagnosis in thyroid surgeries. The present study was carried out at cytopathology and histopathology section of pathology department of GMERS Medical College, Valsad. In present study, we analysed 276 cases of palpable thyroid nodule underwent FNAC. Out of them 152 cases underwent surgical procedure like lobectomy or partial or total thyroidectomy Out of these 276 patient, females were 218 and males were 58 with F:M ratio of 3.76:1. Out of total 276 patients, 81 (29.3%) were between 31-40 years followed by 75 (27.2%) were between 21-30 years and 237 (85.9%) were fall into category-II. Out of these 152 patients, 88 (57.9%) having colloid goitre and 79 (89.7%) were confirmed histologically. FNAC is an invaluable tool in management of thyroid lesions. It is a safe, simple and cost effective procedure and can be performed on outdoor patients. If the cytology report is malignant, surgery is the recommended procedure; for suspicious lesions, repeat aspiration is required and for benign lesions no further immediate diagnostic studies are required.

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