OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value ofserum D-dimer testing in preoperative assessment of adnexal masses. MATERIAL AND METHOD D-dimer levels were measured pre-operatively in 200 women diagnosed with adnexal masses who underwent surgical treatment at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital between June 2007 and May 200...

Background: Skin adnexal tumors are a spectrum of benign and malignant that differentiate toward or arise from the unit skin. These rare pose challenge in diagnosis, often, discrepancy is seen between clinical histopathological diagnosis. Materials methods: This single institutional study was carried out among 36 patients who presented with swelling. An initial diagnosis considered based on his...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the accuracy of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value, and time-intensity curve (TIC) type analysis derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging (DCE-MRI) in differentiating benign from malignant adnexal masses. MATERIALS AND METHODS 47 patients with 56 adnexal masses (27 malignant and 29 ...

Proper oncological treatment of patients with adnexal masses depends on appropriate preoperative discrimination between benignant and malignant ovarian tumors. There are suggestions that appropriate malignancy risk estimation could be achieved by ultrasound assessment of adnexal mass echomorfology by an experienced sonographer. Evaluating morphologic characteristics of the adnexal masses, in so...

BACKGROUND Skin adnexal tumors (SAT) encompass wide spectrum of benign and malignant tumors that differentiate toward one or more adnexal structures found in normal skin. Overall incidence of SATs is low yet they can be challenging to diagnose. AIMS The aim of this study is to study the spectrum and microscopic features of SATs. MATERIALS AND METHODS It was a retrospective cross-sectional, ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND To investigate the 3.0-Tesla (3 T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of primary adnexal lesions for discriminating benign from malignant lesions. METHODS One hundred thirty-nine patients with pathologically proven primary adnexal masses referred for 3 T MRI assessment preoperatively were included. Baseline characteristics, components, and conventional M...

The aim of this study was to evaluate circulating tumor cell (CTC) detection in the differential diagnosis of adnexal masses. A total of 87 preoperative women with an indeterminate adnexal mass were prospectively enrolled. Preoperative diagnostic modalities including CTC detection, risk of ovarian malignancy algorithm, risk of malignancy index, and computed tomography or magnetic resonance imag...