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Role of ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging in evaluation of female pelvic masses with histopathological correlation

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Author Details : Srinivas Reddy Mukku, Pruthvi Malikireddy*, Nagaraju Baja

Volume : 13, Issue : 1, Year : 2023

Article Page : 140-144

https://10.18231/j.pjms.2023.029

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Abstract

Background: Adnexal mass that can be suspected as malignant with ultrasonography can be diagnosed as benign lesion at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This will help in preventing inappropriate surgery. MRI gives additional information on composition of soft-tissue masses using differences in MR relaxation properties in various tissue, which is not seen in ultrasonography.
Objective: To evaluate pelvic pathology by ultrasound and MRI for differentiating malignant and benign tumors in adnexal masses compared with histopathology
Materials and Methods: Prospective comparative study was carried out among 30 patients with suspected pelvic masses. Thorough clinical history was taken followed by physical examination. Clinically or ultrasonographically detected suspicious pelvic masses were subjected to MRI and correlated histopathologically. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated for ultrasonography and MRI with histopathology as gold standard
Results: Majority were <50> Conclusion: MRI is a very sensitive imaging modality for the evaluation of female patients with suspected or confirmed adnexal masses and disease extent is better evaluated than ultrasonography.
 

Keywords: Ultrasonography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Histopathology, Evaluation, Sensitivity, Specificity

How to cite : Mukku S R, Malikireddy P, Baja N, Role of ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging in evaluation of female pelvic masses with histopathological correlation. Panacea J Med Sci 2023;13(1):140-144

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