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BACKGROUND: To compare different ultrasound-based international ovarian tumour analysis (IOTA) strategies and risk of malignancy index (RMI) for ovarian cancer diagnosis using a meta-analysis approach of centre-specific data from IOTA3. ME…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the diagnostic accuracy and interobserver agreement in predicting intracavitary uterine pathology at offline analysis of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volumes of the uterus. METHODS: 3D volumes (unenhanced ultras…

To describe the clinical history and ultrasound findings in women with decidualized endometriomas. Women with a histological diagnosis of decidualized endometrioma during pregnancy who had undergone preoperative ultrasound examination were …

OBJECTIVES: To describe sonographic characteristics of malignant transformation in endometrioid cysts. METHODS: Women with a histological diagnosis of ovarian endometrioid cysts, borderline tumors arising in endometrioid cysts and carcinom…

OBJECTIVES: To describe the ultrasound characteristics of endometriomas in pre- and postmenopausal patients and to develop rules that characterize endometriomas. METHODS: All patients included in the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IO…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the ability of acoustic streaming to discriminate between endometriomas and other adnexal masses. METHODS: We used data from 1938 patients with an adnexal mass included in Phase 2 of the International Ovarian Tumor A…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of subjective evaluation of gray-scale and Doppler ultrasound findings (here called pattern recognition) when used by experienced ultrasound examiners with regard to making a specific…

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AIM: To evaluate the performance of subjective evaluation of ultrasound findings (pattern recognition) to discriminate endometriomas from other types of adnexal masses and to compare the demographic and ultrasound characteristics of the tru…

To describe sonographic characteristics of malignant transformation in endometriosis. Women with histological diagnosis of ovarian borderline tumor (BOT) or carcinoma arising in endometriotic cysts, according to Samson's criteria, and under…

To describe the US characteristics of masses that, based on pattern recognition, are presumed to be an endometrioma. The IOTA study included 3513 patients with an adnexal mass. All patients were scanned following the same US protocol. The U…

To define which US characteristics are suggestive for endometriosis and with which ultrasound features “atypical” endometriomas (Eomas) present. The IOTA study included 3513 patients with an adnexal mass. Histologically proven Eomas were in…

Primary ovarian fibrosarcoma is one of the rarest ovarian tumors. It is an aggressive malignant condition and there are no clinical guidelines for the management of patients. In the published reports, these ovarian malignancies present a gr…

To determine the diagnostic performance of subjective evaluation of ultrasound findings (pattern recognition) with regard to making a specific diagnosis in adnexal masses. Some 1066 patients in the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis study…

The discovery of an ovarian mass during pregnancy is often a difficult issue because of the risk related to surgical intervention during pregnancy. Moreover, ultrasound examination is often unable to provide a definitive diagnosis. A case o…