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A Practical Approach to the Ultrasound Characterization of Adnexal Masses

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A Practical Approach to the Ultrasound Characterization of Adnexal Masses

Brown, Douglas, L.
Ultrasound quarterly , Volume 23 (2) – Jun 1, 2007
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Wolters Kluwer Health
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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/ultrasound-quarterly by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/10/2020 CORE CURRICULUM IN SONOGRAPHY CME ARTICLE A Practical Approach to the Ultrasound Characterization of Adnexal Masses Douglas L. Brown, MD diagnosis can be made by ultrasound. Using the power of this Abstract: Because pelvic ultrasound is commonly used to evaluate knowledge will serve our patients well by allowing for more adnexal masses, it is important to understand the most useful conservative management when appropriate and decreasing sonographic features for predicting benign and malignant masses. patient and physician anxiety. Most malignant masses can Determining whether an adnexal mass is of ovarian or extraovarian also be recognized by ultrasound. There will be occasional origin is key in arriving at the most likely diagnosis. Most adnexal problematic cases, but we can serve our patients best by masses are benign, and each of the most common benign ovarian knowing the common and predictive sonographic appear- lesions has a typical sonographic appearance. Additionally, most ances of both benign and malignant adnexal masses. malignant ovarian neoplasms have a solid component with In this article, we will review a practical approach to the detectable flow by Doppler ultrasound, allowing one to strongly ultrasound diagnosis of adnexal masses. This approach

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Published: Jun 1, 2007

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