[Radionuclide diagnosis of ovarian tumors]

The authors present a method with the use of 99mTc-pyrophosphate for differential diagnosis of malignant and benign ovarian tumors. A total of 46 patients were examined. Of these, the sample hyperfixation in the zone of malignant ovarian tumors with the rate of differential accumulation of 200-260% was observed in 7. In benign tumors and inflammatory ovarian changes, radiopharmaceutical hyperfixation was either not observed or it did not exceed 130%. Diagnosis in all the patients was verified at operation with subsequent histological examination.