Pattern of ovarian masses in Sudanese Patients

Abstract

Ovarian masses are a common disease occurs at any age among sudanese females. The objectives of this practical study is to evaluate the value of ultrasound in detecting ovarian masses, to compare between the presence of cystic, complex and solid masses ,and to detect the relationship between the ovarian masses and age. This study is carried out during the period from July 2008 till March 2009 in different Sudanese hospitals. Ibrahim Malik teaching hospital,Shendi teaching hospital,Elmanagil hospital and Elnihood hospital.

Data information is collected in data colleting sheet from the diagnostic U/S reports of the samples understudy. 100 females proved to have ovarian masses using Aloka SSD500 and Honda electronic HS 2000 with 3.5 MHz probe. The researcher found that the U/S is a good modality to detect ovarian masses. In this study cystic masses account about 87% from all cases while complex masses account 10% and solid masses account 3%. In relation to age 53% of cases between 21– 31 years while 21% less than 21 years, 19% between 31 – 40 years, 5% between 41 – 50 years and 2% above 50 years. Married women are of more prone to have ovarian masses than single one. The study concluded that trans-abdominal U/S scanning is practical, cheap and useful imaging technique for detecting ovarian masses.