title: [Study on the pretherapeutic differential diagnosis of adnexal tumors].
abstract: How well do clinical examination, laboratory testing and imaging techniques predict the malignant or benign characteristics of an adnexal tumor before surgery? 60 patients underwent an extensive preoperative work-up including serum levels of gonadotropins, adrenal and ovarian steroids, oncofetal and placental antigens and CA 125. Sensitivity and specificity of laboratory criteria, including CA 125, compared unfavorably with others and are of no use in early diagnosis of ovarian malignancies. The differential diagnosis of adnexal tumors is primarily a matter of PV examination and ultrasound.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D006062:Gonadotropins; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins
vernacular_title: Untersuchung zur prätherapeutischen Differentialdiagnose des Adnextumors.