Simple ultrasound rules to distinguish between benign and malignant adnexal masses before surgery: prospective validation by IOTA group

Timmerman, D.; Ameye, Lieveke; Fischerová, D.; Epstein, E.; B. Melis, G.; Guerriero, S.; Van Holsbeke, C.; Savelli, L.; Fruscio, Robert; Alberto Lissoni, Andrea; C. Testa, A.; Veldman, Jenny; Vergote, Ignace; Van Huffel, Sabine; Bourne, T.; Valentin, L.

doi:10.1136/bmj.c6839

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Simple ultrasound rules to distinguish between benign and malignant adnexal masses before surgery: prospective validation by IOTA group

Published in BMJ • Dec 14, 2010

Authors:

D. Timmerman

Lieveke Ameye

D. Fischerová

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To prospectively assess the diagnostic performance of simple ultrasound rules to predict benignity/malignancy in an adnexal mass and to test the performance of the risk of malignancy index, two logistic regression models, and subjective assessment of ultrasonic findings by an experienced...

Subject

Benignity

Adnexal mass

Malignancy

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