Ovarian masses - CT imaging

Sujatha Patnaik

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Sujatha Patnaik^1,*

¹Department of Radiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Sujata Patnaik, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-mail: sujata_patnaik222@yahoo.co.in

Received 1 February 2014; Revised 12 March 2014; Accepted 20 March 2014

Citation: Sujatha Patnaik. Ovarian masses - CT imaging. J Med Sci Res 2014; 2(2):91-98. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2014/2-017   

Copyright: © 2014 Sujatha Patnaik. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Cancer of the ovary is the second most common gynaecological malignancy and is the 5th leading cause death in women. Ultrasonography including color Doppler is the choice of imaging in the initial evaluation of suspected adnexal mass. According to WHO classification 14 categories exist. However, only major masses and their imaging features are included here. Transvaginal sonography is better than trans abdominal. However, Computed Axial Tomography (CT) is better for diagnosis and staging of tumor. Local extent and deposits on the peritoneum, liver, mesentery and bowel are well demonstrated by CT. Prediction of resectability is determined by CT. In this article, the imaging features of some of the ovarian masses by CT are described pictorially.