CTfeaturesofovarianneuroendocrinecarcinoma:thecorrelationwithclinicandpathology / 实用放射学杂志

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Objective ToinvestigatetheCTfindingsofovarianneuroendocrinecarcinomaandthecorrelationswithclinicaland pathologicfeatures.Methods CTfindingsof8patientswithovarianneuroendocrinecarcinomawereretrospectivelyanalyzed.Allcaseswere confirmedbypathologyinourhospital.Thecorrelationofpatients’imagingfindingswiththepathologicalandclinicalcharacteristics wasevaluated.Results Thetumorsinthesepatientsweremorecommonlyseeninunilateralovary(7/8).CTshowedmultiplecystic-solidmixed lesions,mostlyoval-shaped,withanaveragediameterof11.45cm.Thelesions’enhancementpatternswererelatedwithpatient’sageand clinicalstaging.Thepatientsontheirlateclinicalstage(7/8)usuallyhadseveresymptomswithadjacentorgansinvasion,abdominal pelvicperitoneum,omentum,mesentericthickeningandretroperitoneallymphnodeenlargement(7/8).Conclusion Theearlyclinicalfeaturesof ovarianneuroendocrinecarcinomaareconcealed,andmostpatients’clinicalstagesareusuallylate.TheCTfindingsofovarianneuroendocrine carcinomaarerelativelycharacteristic.Lesionsshowapoint-like,andlinearvascular-likeenhancement.Althoughthediagnosisofovarianneuroendocrine carcinomaisstilldependentonthepathology,CTimagesareusefulinpreoperativeevaluationandtreatmentplanning.