Most surgically resected ovarian masses turn out to be benign, owing to the high incidence of benign ovarian pathology, and to their non-specific appearance on ultrasound. But according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, adopting a classification system for these lesions could significantly reduce the number of unnecessary resections.
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Most surgically resected ovarian masses turn out to be benign, owing to the high incidence of benign ovarian pathology, and to their non-specific appearance on ultrasound. But according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, adopting a classification system for these lesions could significantly reduce the number of unnecessary resections.
The MGH team tested a system that accounts for the sonographic presence of solid elements, lesion size, and blood flow in classifying lesions. Subjecting only indeterminate lesions to further workup could have eliminated surgery in 47% of patients, according to Dr. Andrew Akman, who presented the research at the 2003 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
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