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- Title
Preoperative ultrasound assessment of omental spread in ovarian cancer.
- Authors
Conte, Massimo; Guariglia, Lorenzo; Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi; Scambia, Giovanni; Matonti, Giuseppe; Mancuso, Salvatore; Conte, M; Guariglia, L; Benedetti Panici, P; Scambia, G; Matonti, G; Mancuso, S
- Abstract
The accuracy of high-resolution ultrasound in the detection of macroscopic omental metastases was evaluated in 50 consecutive patients undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer. Ultrasound provided an overall diagnostic accuracy of 83.7%, with a sensitivity of 76.6% and a specificity of 100%. The sensitivity in the diagnosis of diffuse omental involvement was 93.3%. Moreover, the overall diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and positive predictive value of the method increased as the study progressed. In the last 25 cases examined, in fact, these values were 94.7, 90, and 90%, respectively.
- Subjects
OMENTUM; OVARIAN tumors; ULTRASONIC imaging; PERITONEUM tumors
- Publication
Gynecologic & Obstetric Investigation, 1994, Vol 38, Issue 3, p213
- ISSN
0378-7346
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000292482