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A Coregistered Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging Protocol for the Transvaginal Imaging of Ovarian Lesions
Published on: March 3, 2023
Variable echogenicity as a sonographic sign in the preoperative diagnosis of ovarian mucinous tumors
Benjamin Caspi1, Zion Hagay, Zvi Appelman
1Ultrasound Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Medical Center, 76100 Rehovot, Israel. bcaspi@clalit.org.il
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the "variable echogenicity" sign in the preoperative sonographic diagnosis of ovarian mucinous tumors.
Methods:
Variable echogenicity was detected sonographically in different compartments of 8 adnexal multilocular masses. This finding was correlated with the final histologic results.
Results:
All 8 tumors were mucinous cyst adenomas. In 3 of them, borderline malignancy was present.
Conclusions:
The sonographic detection of variable echogenicity in the contents of an adnexal multilocular cyst strongly suggests a mucinous tumor.
