Acoustic streaming: a new technique for assessing adnexal cysts

Edwards A, A Edwards, Andrew G. Edwards, L Clarke, Clarke L, Lisa Clarke, Piessens S, Sofie Piessens, S Piessens, Graham E, E Graham, Elizabeth Graham, P Shekleton, Shekleton P
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology · 2003 · vol. 22(1) , pp. 74–78 · doi:10.1002/uog.156 · PMID:12858308 · W2098579760
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This study assessed acoustic streaming in 29 adnexal cysts and found it could exclude endometrioma while being present in various other cyst types.

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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether acoustic streaming has clinical value in the differentiation between various ovarian and adnexal cysts. METHODS: We assessed 29 adnexal cysts, for which pathological diagnosis was available, for the presence of acoustic streaming during B-mode and color sonographic evaluation. RESULTS: Acoustic streaming was detected in 15 (52%) of the cysts. The most common cyst, endometrioma (n = 7), did not exhibit acoustic streaming in any case, while of the remaining 22 cysts, 15 exhibited acoustic streaming (P = 0.0017). Dermoid cysts exhibited acoustic streaming in two of six (33%) cases. In addition acoustic streaming was noted in two of two (100%) hemorrhagic cysts, eight of ten (80%) cystadenomas, two of three (67%) malignant cysts and in the one abscess. CONCLUSIONS: Acoustic streaming is the first sonographic feature that may be able to completely exclude endometrioma as a possible diagnosis for an adnexal cyst.

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endometriosisendometrioma

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Adnexal Diseases Cysts Adnexal Diseases Adnexal Diseases Adnexa Uteri Adnexa Uteri Cystadenoma Cystadenoma Cystadenoma Cysts Cysts Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Humans Humans

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