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Ultrasound evaluation of unusual pelvic cystic masses

โœ Scribed by Angela Maio; Richard B. Ruchman; Walter S. Rose

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
556 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0091-2751

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โœฆ Synopsis

The accuracy of ultrasound in the detection and characterization of pelvic masses is approximately 91%.l In women, the presence of a cystic pelvic mass is frequently gynecological in nature.1,2 We present two unusual cases of cystic pelvic masses, one of which proved to be an anterior sacral meningocele and the other plexiform neurofibromatosis.

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## Abstract In a series of 99 pelvic ultrasound examinations for suspected gynecologic masses, there were 72 established tissue diagnoses. The ultrasound diagnosis was correct in 61 (85 per cent). The specificity, based on a small number (six) of actual negative cases, was 67 per cent. The sensitiv