Ovarian dysplasia in epithelial inclusion cysts. A morphometric approach using neural networks

Background. Ovarian dysplasia has been described in the ovarian surface epithelium by histologic and morphometric studies. This study evaluates ovarian dysplasia in epithelial inclusion cysts adjacent to overt carcinoma and also incidentally found in ovaries removed for nonneoplastic diseases, including oophorectomies for family history of ovarian cancer, using an artificial neural network.

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