title: Borderline tumors of the ovary: CT and MRI features and tumor markers in differentiation from stage I disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to describe MDCT and MRI features and tumor marker levels that differentiate borderline ovarian tumors from stage I ovarian tumors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Borderline ovarian tumors are complex masses with imaging features similar to stage I tumors. The thickness of septations and the size of solid components are significantly larger in stage I tumors, and these features may be helpful for predicting likelihood of invasive tumors. However, neither feature allows confident differentiation of borderline tumors from stage I disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging, Hammersmith Hospital, DuCane Rd., London W12 0HS, England.
authors.forename: Nandita M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: deSouza
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: G Angus
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: McIndoe
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dina
authors.forename: W Patrick
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Soutter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed