ULTRASOUND OF OVARIAN CYSTIC MASSES

Abstract

This thesis reported the result of a study of the female patients affected by the ovarian cystic masses. The purpose was to determine the accuracy of ultrasonography to detecting different pathologies in the female pelvis and to determine the accuracy of ultrasonography in .diagnosis of ovarian cystic masses The data were subjected first to simple descriptive analysis, this :analysis revealed that • The age range between 21 to 40 years most presented than other age as 75%. • The married female patients most presented than the unmarried as 80%. • The abnormal patients' images most presented than the normal patients 68.3%. • The female patients affected by the simple ovarian cysts most presented than the other pathology 70.7%. • The female patients affected by the right ovarian cyst most presented than those affected by the left ovarian cyst as 66.7%. • The female patients affected by the unilateral ovarian cysts most presented than the female patients effected by the bilateral ovarian cysts as 89.7%. • The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound on this study was 98.4%. The study duration was one year start from 1st Nov 2007 to 30th Nov .2008 The researcher suggested that for further study to increase the cases and .increase the age range