Role of Ultrasonography and MRI in characterization of female pelvic masses with histopathological corelation

Dr Aarti Anand; Dr Harsha Sahu

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Role of Ultrasonography and MRI in characterization of female pelvic masses with histopathological corelation

Dr Aarti Anand, Dr Harsha Sahu

Abstract :

Patients with clinical suspicion of pelvic masses and incidentally detected pelvic masses on ultrasonography were subjected to MRI pelvis over a period of 2 years. A total of 62 pelvic lesions were detected in 50 patients on MRI. 26 patients (31 lesions) were operated and their findings on MRI and USG were correlated with operative and histopathological findings. Objective of this study was todetermine the origin and tissue characterization of sonographically indeterminate uterine and adnexal masses on MRI. MRI is superior to ultrasound and in difficult or equivocal cases the multiplanar imaging capability allows accurate identification of origin of mass, and also the tissue characterisation.The sensitivity of MRI and USG for diagnosing malignancy of pelvic lesions is similar however, due to better specificity and higher sensitivity in detecting invasion of adjacent organs and organs of origin of lesions, MRI is superior in sonograpically indeterminate masses.