title: [Ovarian tumefactions: the advantages and limits of echo-guided needle aspiration. Our experience].
abstract: One-hundred-seventy-five patients with a probably benign ovarian cyst were submitted to transvaginal ultrasound-guided needle aspiration (TVUSGA) for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose. Recovery was obtained in 68% of serous cysts (130 patients). In 34 endometriotic cysts transvaginal ultrasound guided needle aspiration has been an important diagnostic tool and it made possible a better therapeutic approach. The cytologic examination of aspirated benign and malignant cyst fluid didn't give a satisfactory result every time. In conclusion, the transvaginal ultrasound guided needle aspiration has been a good tool in the treatment of serous cysts and a diagnostic aid for endometriotic pathology.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ginecologia e Ostetricia, Ospedale di Savigliano, Cuneo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bottero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bricchi
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography