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Preoperative diagnostic imaging of normal‐sized ovary carcinoma syndrome
Author(s) -
Hata K.,
Hata T.,
Makihara K.,
Aoki S.,
Kitao M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90296-h
Subject(s) - medicine , ovary , serous cystadenocarcinoma , malignancy , fibroma , ovarian carcinoma , pathology , meigs' syndrome , radiology , ascites , carcinoma , ovarian cancer , surgery , cancer
We treated a patient with a massive amount of ascites, the cytology of which contained adenocarcinoma (class V). The left ovary was slightly enlarged and the preoperative diagnostic imaging (PDI) suggested the presence of a malignancy. The right ovary was of normal size and the PDI presented no evidence of malignancy. The intra‐ and postoperative histological diagnosis was serous cystadenocarcinoma of the right ovary and fibroma of the left ovary. Therefore, this case can be classified as one of a normal‐sized ovary carcinoma syndrome. Difficulties involved in the preoperative diagnosis of this syndrome and drawbacks of PDI are discussed.