Peritoneal Carcinomatosis in Primary Ovarian Cancer: Ultrasound Detection and Comparison with Computed Tomography

We retrospectively compared detection rates and consistency for diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) of primary ovarian cancer (OC) between ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) scans in 41 patients whose PC of OC (stages IIC –IV) had been diagnosed by histopathology findings. Compared with CT detection rates, those for US were significantly higher for metastases to the pelvic area (92.3% vs. 43.6%, p  (Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology)

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