title: [Evaluation of ovarian masses with transabdominal color Doppler].
abstract: Twenty-one patients with ovarian tumors are studied using transabdominal color Doppler, in order to predict malignancy, depending on the vascular pattern obtained. In the 4 ovarian cancers, the resistance index (RI) was below 0.70. In 16 benign tumors the RI was above 0.70. Only one benign tumor, (hemorrhagic thecaluteinic cyst) had a low resistance vascular pattern. The sensibility of the method was 100%, its specificity 94.1%, the positive predictive value 80% and the negative predictive value 100%.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital del Salvador.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vaccaro Cerva
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amor Lillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014655:Vascular Resistance
vernacular_title: Evaluación de masas ováricas con Doppler color transabdominal.