Assessment of Females Pelvic Tumors using Computed Tomography

Abstract

Adnexal masses are an imaging dilemma because they may represent metastases to the ovaries, primary ovarian malignancy, or incidental benign pathology. The aim of this study was to evaluate female pelvic masses using computed tomography. 76 patients with pelvic tumor from different diagnostic centers were enrolled in the study. Patients with Allergy to contrast agent, Pregnancy, Renal insufficiency were excluded from the study. All subjects were scanned with MDCT64-Slice scanner. The result of this study revealed that the uterine and ovarian masses were the most common type pelvic masses; furthermore the majority of masses were malignant and characterized with ill-defined margin, irregular, heterogeneous and enhanced with contrast agent. The sensitivity of CT scan was high as compared with other imaging modalities; it can differentiate the benign from malignant tumor based on its features. The contrastenhanced MDCT have high accurate in the detection and characterization of adnexal mass, and can have an important role in the diagnosis of malignant ovarian tumor.