Skip to main content

Table 3 Metabolite levels in 13 malignant cases

From: The role of magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the differentiation of benign and malignant adnexal masses

Patient number

Histopathology

Metabolites detected

   

Cho/Cr ratio

Cho

NAA

Lactate

Lipid

 

12

Mucinous carcinoma

+

+

6

13

Mucinous carcinoma

14

Metastasis

+

+

12.4

15

Metastasis

+

+

9.25

16

Metastasis

+

+

10

17

Metastasis

+

+

+

7.3

18

Mixed germ cell tumor

+

+

8.3

19

Mixed epithelial tumor

20

Serous carcinoma low grade

+

4.5

21

Serous carcinoma high grade

+

5

22

Serous carcinoma high grade

+

6

23

Endometrioid carcinoma

+

+

3.5

24

Psammomatous carcinoma