Open AccessEvaluation of IOTA Simple Ultrasound Rules to Distinguish Benign and Malignant Ovarian Tumours
Author(s) -
Sugandha Garg,
Amarjit Kaur,
Jaswinder Kaur Mohi,
Preet Kanwal Sibia,
Nirmaljit Kaur
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26790.10353
Subject(s) - malignancy , medicine , ovarian cancer , kappa , radiology , ultrasound , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , pathology , mathematics , paleontology , geometry , biology
IOTA stands for International Ovarian Tumour Analysis group. Ovarian cancer is one of the common cancers in women and is diagnosed at later stage in majority. The limiting factor for early diagnosis is lack of standardized terms and procedures in gynaecological sonography. Introduction of IOTA rules has provided some consistency in defining morphological features of ovarian masses through a standardized examination technique.