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Color Doppler sonography of benign and malignant ovarian masses.
Fleischer AC, Rodgers WH, Kepple DM, Williams LL, Jones HW 3rd, Gross PR.
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2675.
Radiographics. 1992 Sep;12(5):879-85
The use of transvaginal and transabdominal color Doppler sonography for the assessment of ovarian tumor vascularity was investigated in 62 cases of surgically excised and histologically examined ovarian masses. The modality was used to differentiate tumor neovascularity from normal arterioles (which contain smooth muscle in their media) on the basis of differences in the pulsatility observed in Doppler waveforms. Of the 25 malignant tumors in the series, 20 had low-impedance flow (pulsatility index of less than 1.0), and none had the diastolic notch seen in vessels in normal tissue. Three benign lesions, including two dermoid cysts and one tubo-ovarian abscess, also had low-impedance flow. The negative predictive value of color Doppler sonography was 98%, whereas the positive predictive value was 83%. Color Doppler sonography seems to be accurate for excluding malignancy, but some misdiagnosis may occur in cases of inflammatory and metabolically active benign masses.
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Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2675.
Radiographics. 1992 Sep;12(5):879-85
The use of transvaginal and transabdominal color Doppler sonography for the assessment of ovarian tumor vascularity was investigated in 62 cases of surgically excised and histologically examined ovarian masses. The modality was used to differentiate tumor neovascularity from normal arterioles (which contain smooth muscle in their media) on the basis of differences in the pulsatility observed in Doppler waveforms. Of the 25 malignant tumors in the series, 20 had low-impedance flow (pulsatility index of less than 1.0), and none had the diastolic notch seen in vessels in normal tissue. Three benign lesions, including two dermoid cysts and one tubo-ovarian abscess, also had low-impedance flow. The negative predictive value of color Doppler sonography was 98%, whereas the positive predictive value was 83%. Color Doppler sonography seems to be accurate for excluding malignancy, but some misdiagnosis may occur in cases of inflammatory and metabolically active benign masses.
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