Vaginal rupture caused by transvaginal ultrasonography in follow-up for ovarian cancer

Transvaginal ultrasonography in ovarian cancer screening: current perspectives

Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) is an integral part of all major ovarian cancer screening trials. TVS is accurate in detecting abnormalities in ovarian volume and morphology, but is less reliable in differentiating benign from malignant ovarian tumors. When used as the only screening test, TVS is sensitive, but has a low positive predictive value. Therefore, serum biomarkers and tumor morpho...

Serum CA 125 combined with transvaginal ultrasonography for ovarian cancer screening.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the combination of serum CA125 and Transvaginal Ultra Sonography (TVUS) score, as a screening procedure for ovarian cancer in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective case-control pilot study was conducted. The files of 120 women with ovarian neoplasia detected by TVUS and increased CA125 level, within the fr...

Staging and Follow-up of Ovarian Cancer

Role of neck ultrasonography in the follow-up of children operated on for thyroid papillary cancer.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of neck ultrasonography compared to (131)I whole-body scan (WBS) and circulating thyroglobulin (Tg) measurement after thyroid hormone withdrawal in the follow-up of children with thyroid papillary cancer, who had previously undergone total thyroidectomy for the diagnosis of neck lymph node metastases (LNM). Forty-five children were examined. Neck u...

What sampling device is the most appropriate for vaginal vault cytology in gynaecological cancer follow up?

BACKGROUND In women with cancer-related hysterectomy, the vaginal vault cytology has a low efficacy - when performed by conventional methods - for the early detection of vaginal recurrence. The amount of exfoliated cells collected is generally low because of atrophy, and the vaginal vault corners can be so narrow that the commonly used Ayres spatula cannot often penetrate deeply into them. This...