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Stage I ovarian cancer by transvaginal color Doppler sonography: a report of 18 cases
Author(s) -
Kurjak A.,
Shalan H.,
Matijevic R.,
Predanic M.,
KupesicUrek S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1993.03030195.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , ovary , stage (stratigraphy) , color doppler , ovarian cancer , radiology , gynecology , cancer , pathology , ultrasonography , biology , paleontology
A total of 18 cases with ovarian carcinoma stage I (15 stage Ia and three stage Ib) were studied retrospectively to evaluate the efficiency of transvaginal color Doppler sonography in detecting the disease in its early stages. Four asymptomatic women (two cases with morphologically normal ovaries, and two with simple unilocular cysts) were found during the screening program. These cases would have been missed without the use of transvaginal color Doppler sonography. One ovary with stage Ia, and another ovary in a case with stage Ib ovarian cancer were missed. These data show the ability of transvaginal color Doppler sonography to detect ovarian cancer as early as stage I even in asymptomatic women as well as in the morphologically normal ovary. Copyright © 1993 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology