Comparative analysis of micrometric parameters in the ovaries of adolescent, elderly and senile women

Aging is a systemic process affecting all tissues of the body. In this study, the choice of scientific interest fell on the paired gland, the key structure of the female reproductive system – the ovary.

Objective: to carry out a comparative analysis of the parameters of the thickness of the cerebral and cortical layers, as well as the protein membrane of the  ovaries  in women in adolescence,  the elderly and senile  age. 

Materials and methods. The analysis of the results of a study of 60 women with normal pelvic dimensions and without pathology of the reproductive system organs was carried out. Group I included 28 victims of adolescent age (16-20 years old), group II consisted of 29 elderly victims (56-74 years old), group III included 27 elderly victims (75-90 years old). The thickness of the cerebral and cortical layers, as well as the albumen of both ovaries, were determined in histological samples.

Results. A decrease in the thickness of the cortical and medulla and an increase in the thickness parameters of the albuminous membrane of both ovaries in the period from adolescence to old age were revealed. The thickness of the medulla of the right ovary is thinned by 3.76%, the left by 4.46%; the cortical substance of the right ovary by 29.9%, the left by 29.64% (p < 0,01). The thickness of the albumen of the right ovary, on the contrary, increases by 48.23%, of the left – by 50.21% (p <  0,01). From old age to senile age, there is a tendency to decrease the thickness of the cerebral and cortical matter of the ovary. The medulla is thinned by 0.95% on the right and 0.24% on the left (p > 0,05), the cortical substance – by 1.5% on the right and 1.21% on the left (p > 0,05). At the same time, the protein shell on the right becomes thicker by 14.08%, on the left – by  13.57% (p  < 0,01). 

Conclusion. The results obtained can become a conditional  "morphological standard" for certain age norms in the diagnosis of various diseases, as well as expand the understanding of changes in the morphological picture of a woman's ovaries with age.

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