Abstract:Methods: From a group of consecutive patients suspected for ovarian cancer (OC) (symptoms, ascites, elevated cancer antigen (CA) 125) and who underwent laparotomy, 14 had PPC (tumour disseminated on the peritoneum without or with only minimal ovaries involvement). Before surgery all patient underwent standardised transvaginal and abdominal ultrasound examination with predefined definitions (images and videos stored) so to calculate RMI, LR2, ADNEX, SR. A subjective assessment was to discriminate between malign… Show more
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