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Ultrasound‐Guided Puncture for Gynaecological and Pelvic Lesions
Author(s) -
Crespigny Lachlan Ch,
Robinson Hugh P.,
Davoren Ruth AM,
Fortune Denys W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1985.tb00650.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , ultrasound , cyst , biopsy , radiology , ovary , lesion , surgery , pathology
Summary: A series of 34 patients who underwent a total of 37 ultrasound‐guided cyst punctures and fine needle biopsies for diagnosis and treatment of pelvic lesions are reported. In all but 1 patient the lesion visualized was entered and cytological diagnosis was achieved, although 1 patient required a second attempt under general anaethesia. Seven cysts were endometriotic; these and all the remaining cysts were benign and only 4 patients developed a recurrence of the cyst following puncture. No patient in whom the ultrasound appearance suggested a benign cyst was found to have an ovarian malignancy. Three patients with malignant lesions had a total of 4 punctures or biopsies and a final patient had a fine needle biopsy of an ovary to exclude malignancy.