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Variable Echogenicity as a Sonographic Sign in the Preoperative Diagnosis of Ovarian Mucinous Tumors
Author(s) -
Caspi Benjamin,
Hagay Zion,
Appelman Zvi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2006.25.12.1583
Subject(s) - medicine , echogenicity , radiology , malignancy , cyst , transvaginal sonography , mucinous cystadenoma , ovarian cyst , sign (mathematics) , ovary , pathology , ultrasound , pregnancy , genetics , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the “variable echogenicity” sign in the preoperative sonographic diagnosis of ovarian mucinous tumors. Methods. Variable echogenicity was detected sonographically in different compartments of 8 adnexal multilocular masses. This finding was correlated with the final histologic results. Results. All 8 tumors were mucinous cyst adenomas. In 3 of them, borderline malignancy was present. Conclusions. The sonographic detection of variable echogenicity in the contents of an adnexal multilocular cyst strongly suggests a mucinous tumor.