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Gwendolin Manegold-Brauer1, Dirk Timmerman2, Markus Hoopmann3
1Department of prenatal medicine and gynecologic ultrasound, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Ovarian lesions have a wide range of sonomorphological features with numerous different underlying benign and malignant histologies. Based on the studies conducted by the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) group, ovarian masses can currently be reliably characterized by ultrasound. In the following article, we explain how to use the IOTA terms and definitions and we provide insight into how to safely triage patients with an ovarian mass.
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