Nonvisualized Ovaries on Ultrasound: Correlation With Surgical Pathology.
Journal
Ultrasound quarterly
ISSN: 1536-0253
Titre abrégé: Ultrasound Q
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8809459
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Sep 2024
01 Sep 2024
Historique:
medline:
27
8
2024
pubmed:
26
8
2024
entrez:
26
8
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The risk of malignancy in nonvisualized ovaries on pelvic ultrasound is presumed to be close to zero per imaging correlation; the goal of this manuscript is to define the risk of malignancy in nonvisualized ovaries on pelvic ultrasound as defined by surgical pathology. Records for patients with pelvic ultrasound and surgical pathology containing the word "ovary" or "ovaries" performed at our institution between 10/1/2015 and 9/30/2021 were reviewed. Data for ovarian visualization were extracted from the radiology report and correlated with surgical pathology results within each ovary. Eighty-seven ovaries in 71 patients out of 422 ovaries (20.6%) in 215 eligible patients were not visualized on ultrasound. Twenty ovaries were excluded because imaging showed large pelvic mass, and 19 ovaries were excluded because surgical pathology for the ovary of interest was not available. A total of 48 ovaries in 37 patients were nonvisualized and had available surgical pathology. Out of 48 nonvisualized ovaries, 31 were normal on surgical pathology and 17 had abnormalities, with 15 benign lesions (12 of which were ≤1 cm in size). Two ovaries in 1 patient contained malignant lesions; although the ovaries were not visualized on ultrasound, the scan demonstrated peritoneal carcinomatosis. In conclusion, a high proportion of ovaries (20.6%, 87/422) are not visualized on pelvic ultrasound, and surgical pathology reveals ovarian lesions in 35.4% (17/48) of nonvisualized ovaries on pelvic ultrasound, with the majority being subcentimeter benign lesions. In the absence of peritoneal carcinomatosis, nonvisualized ovaries had no malignant lesions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39186668
doi: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000691
pii: 00013644-202409000-00009
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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