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THE WORTHINESS OF OVARY SYMPTOM INDEX, CA125 AND TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN SCREENING MALIGNANCIES OF ADNEXIAL MASSES

ADNEKSİYAL KİTLELERİN MALİGNİTE TANISINDA OVER KANSERİ SEMPTOM İNDEKSİ, CA 125 VE TRANSVAJİNAL ULTRASONOGRAFİNİN DEĞERLİLİĞİ

Özge Kaymaz Takmaz(Fatih Sultan Mehmet Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi)
Ali Doğukan Anğın(Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi)
Zehra Meltem Pirimoğlu(Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi)
Pages
54–58
Publication Date
2018-03-05
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It would be more useful to arrange a new symptom index for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer by using the symptoms which were significant to determine malignancy in our study.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective : To evaluate the efficiency of Ovarian Cancer Symptom Index questionnaire by itself to define malignancy in patients with adnexial mass and to evaluate additional effect of CA125 and transvaginal ultrasonography on the index.
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Key Findings & Data:Materials and Methods : 79 patients being prepared for operation because of adnexial mass in our clinic has been included in our study.
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Conclusion & Impact:It would be more useful to arrange a new symptom index for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer by using the symptoms which were significant to determine malignancy in our study.
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⚙️Variables:Over Kanseri · Semptom · İndeks

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Objective : To evaluate the efficiency of Ovarian Cancer Symptom Index questionnaire by itself to define malignancy in patients with adnexial mass and to evaluate additional effect of CA125 and transvaginal ultrasonography on the index. Materials and Methods : 79 patients being prepared for operation because of adnexial mass in our clinic has been included in our study. Ovarian Cancer Symptom Index, CA125, transvaginal ultrasonography parameters were determined in preoperative term. Types, frequencies, severity and duration of symptoms were questionned and compared benign and malign cases. Parameters were compared with histopathology results after the surgery. Results: We did not find difference of Ovarin Cancer Syptom Index positivity between women with benign and malign adnexial mass (p>0.05). The sensitivity, specifity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of Ovarin Cancer Syptom Index by itself were %68, %65, 0.41, 0.61 consequently. When we used The Symptom Index combined with CA125, we calculated sensitivity %73, spesifity %64, pozitive predictive value 0.32 and negative predictive value 0,76. The symptoms of abdominal pain, bloating, distension, eating disorders were significantly different between the groups. We found that Ultrasonographic Morphologic Scoring System by Sassone et al. was significant to differentiate malign and benign masses preoperatively. Conclusion : Contemporary Ovarian Cancer Symptom Index used in this study has not enough efficiency itself to differentiate malign and benign adnexial masses. It would be more useful to arrange a new symptom index for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer by using the symptoms which were significant to determine malignancy in our study.

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Amaç : Over Kanseri Semptom İndeksi’nin, tek başına malign adneksiyal kitlelerin tanınmasındaki etkinliğinin; CA125 ve transvajinal ultrasonografi indeksinin tanı etkinliğine katkısının değerlendirilmesi. Gereç ve Yöntem : Çalışmamıza kliniğimizde adneksiyal kitle nedeniyle operasyona hazırlanan 79 hasta dahil edildi. Preoperatif dönemde CA125, transvajinal ultrasonografi ve Over Kanseri Semptom İndeksi parametreleri değerlendirildi. Semptom tipleri, sıklığı, şiddeti ve süresi sorgulanarak malign ve benign vakalar karşılaştırıldı. Operasyon sonrasında kullanılan parametreler histopatolojik tanılarıyla karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular : Over kanseri Semptom İndeksi pozitifliğini karşılaştırdığımızda malign ve benign adneksiyal kitlesi olan kadınlarda anlamlı fark bulunmadı (p>0.05). Over Kanseri Semptom İndeksinin tek başına sensitivitesi %68, spesifitesi %65, pozitif prediktif değer 0.41, negatif prediktif değer 0.61 olarak saptandı. Ç alışmamızda semptom indeks pozitifliğinin evre değerlendirilmesinde de anlamlı olmadığını gözlemledik. Semptom indeks ve CA125 birlikte kullanıldığında ise sensitivite %73, spesifite %64, pozitif prediktif değer 0.32, negatif prediktif değer 0.76 olarak hesaplandı. Semptom İndeksi sorgulamasında abdominal ağrı, abdominal şişkinlik, distansiyon, yeme bozuklukları semptomları kendi başlarına gruplar arasında anlamlı farklılıklar gösterdi. Sonuç : Varolan Over Kanseri Semptom İndeksi, malign ve benign ayrımında tek başına kullanılacak etkinliğe sahip değildir. Malignite tanısında anlamlı fark gösteren indeksteki spesifik semptomların değerlendirmeye alınarak daha etkin bir semptom indeksi oluşturulması over kanserli kadınların tanısında daha yararlı olacaktır.

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Takmaz, Ö. K., Anğın, A. D., Pirimoğlu, Z. M. (2018). THE WORTHINESS OF OVARY SYMPTOM INDEX, CA125 AND TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN SCREENING MALIGNANCIES OF ADNEXIAL MASSES. Zeynep Kamil Tıp Bülteni, Cilt: 49 Sayı: 1, 54–58. https://doi.org/10.16948/zktipb.346023

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