From: Sonographic and Doppler predictors of malignancy in ovarian lesions
Benign lesions (103) | Malignant lesions (53) | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
Amount of flow | < 0.001 | ||
None | 67 (65%) | 6 (11.3%) | |
Scanty | 36 (35%) | 8 (15.1%) | |
Moderate | 0 | 27 (50.9%) | |
Abundant | 0 | 12 (22.6%) | |
Location of the flow | < 0.001 | ||
None | 67 (65%) | 6 (11.3%) | |
Peripheral | 34 (34%) | 8 (15.1%) | |
Central | 2 (1.9%) | 39 (73.6%) | |
Pulsatility index | 2.54 ± 1.08 | 1.6 ± 0.51 | < 0.001 |
Resistive index | 0.89 ± 0.17 | 0.60 ± 0.18 | < 0.001 |