Why the study?
Does transvaginal Doppler ultrasound with color flow imaging accurately diagnose ovarian cancer in women with ovarian tumors?
Population
24 women with ovarian tumors treated at Nagoya University Hospital, Japan
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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1/PI cutoff may differentiate ovarian tumors on Doppler; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does transvaginal Doppler ultrasound with color flow imaging accurately diagnose ovarian cancer in women with ovarian tumors?
Transvaginal color flow Doppler ultrasound demonstrates high accuracy in differentiating malignant from benign ovarian tumors based on pulsatility index.
Kawai et al. (1992) studied this question.
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