The utility of the 3D imaging software in the macroscopic rendering of complex gynecologic specimens

Luca Roncati, Beniamino Palmieri, Teresa Pusiol, Francesco Piscioli, Michele Scialpi, G Barbolini, Giuseppe Barbolini, Antonino Maiorana, Antonio Maiorana
Journal of gynecologic oncology · 2015 · vol. 26(2) , pp. 168 · doi:10.3802/jgo.2015.26.2.168 · PMID:25872897 · PMC4397234 · W2004969954
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This paper explores the practical application and utility of a new 3D imaging software for macroscopic rendering of complex gynecologic specimens and surgical pathologies.

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This paper describes the use of a 3D imaging software platform, based on pre-surgical computed tomography data with adjustable subtraction filters and 360-degree visualization, to support the surgical and pathological workup of a single 39-year-old woman with a high-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma arising in an extrapelvic endometriotic focus at the right inguinal ligament. The software allowed the authors to upload CT images, apply dermal, superficial muscle, deep muscle, and visceral subtraction filters, and better define the tumor’s origin from the inguinal ligament and the diffuse infiltration front in surrounding deep tissues, which they used to favor radical surgery. The authors explicitly frame the report as a unique case with limited generalizability and note that the key future need would be standardization of software-assisted procedures. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it presents a sarcoma arising within an extrapelvic inguinal endometriotic nodule and uses 3D imaging to characterize that endometriosis-associated malignancy.

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A new generation of three dimensional (3D) imaging software for the anatomical rendering of the human body, and related surgical pathologies, is postulated. Its practical application is underlined.

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endometriosis

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Endometrial Neoplasms Endometriosis Image Enhancement Imaging, Three-Dimensional Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal Software Abdomen Abdomen Abdomen Adult Endometrial Neoplasms Endometrial Neoplasms Endometrial Neoplasms Endometrial Neoplasms Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans

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