title: Ovarian cancer mimics: how to avoid being fooled by extraovarian pelvic masses.
abstract: In our clinical experience, pelvic masses from a variety of anatomic sites may be misdiagnosed as ovarian cancer. This tendency to overdiagnose a rare disease probably reflects both its protean imaging appearance and concern for its potential morbidity and mortality. However, radiologists can better serve patients with an analytic approach to the anatomic and tissue features of pelvic masses. We review a range of ovarian cancer mimics and illustrate the radiologic reasoning enabling correct diagnosis.
authors: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
authors: William R
authors: WR
authors: Masch
authors: Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H1307 MC 5621, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
authors: Aya
authors: A
authors: Kamaya
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, 1500 E Med Ctr Dr UH B1D530, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors: Ashish P
authors: AP
authors: Wasnik
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, 1500 E Med Ctr Dr UH B1D530, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. kmaturen@umich.edu.
authors: Katherine E
authors: KE
authors: Maturen
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Adnexal masses; Cancer mimics; Gynecologic oncology; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian malignancy