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Predictive value and prevalence of refractive edge shadow in diagnosis of ovarian dermoids. Abdominal radiology (New York) Shen, L., Tse, J. R., Negrete, L. M., Lo, E., Yoon, L., Kamaya, A. 2022

Abstract

To evaluate the diagnostic performance of refractive edge shadow in evaluation of ovarian dermoids compared to other benign adnexal masses.Ultrasound images of 139 patients with 154 dermoids, endometriomas, and hemorrhagic cysts were retrospectively reviewed by 3 radiologists blinded to final diagnosis. Ultrasound and clinical features were compared to pathology or follow-up ultrasound results as reference standard. Inter-reader agreements with free-marginal kappa and diagnostic performance were evaluated. The former was compared using Fisher's exact test or Mann-Whitney test with p?

View details for DOI 10.1007/s00261-022-03666-3

View details for PubMedID 36098759