Comparison of contrast-enhanced ultrasound, IOTA simple rules and O-RADS for assessing the malignant risk of sonographically appearing solid ovarian masses.

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To explore the diagnostic accuracy of ovarian solid tumors by 2D ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the CEUS characteristics of prospectively enrolled 16 benign and 19 malignant ovarian solid tumors. We performed International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) simple rules and Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) for all lesions, and evaluated their characteristics on CEUS. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy of IOTA simple rules, O-RADS and CEUS in the diagnosis of ovarian solid malignancies were calculated. RESULTS: The combination of time to wash-in earlier than or equal to the myometrium, time to PI earlier than or equal to the myometrium and the intensity at peak were higher than or equal to myometrium with sensibility of 0.947, specificity of 0.938, and PPV of 0.947, NPV of 0.938 which were higher than IOTA simple rules and O-RADS. According to the definition of ovarian solid tumor, the diagnostic accuracy of O-RADS 3 and CEUS were both 100%, CEUS improved the accuracy of O-RADS 4 from 47.4% to 87.5%, the accuracy of solid smooth CS 4 in O-RADS 5 and CEUS were both 100%, CEUS improved the accuracy of solid irregular in O-RADS 5 from 70% to 87.5%. CONCLUSION: For ovarian solid tumors that are difficult to distinguish between benign and malignant, the introduction of CEUS on the basis of 2D classification criteria can significantly improve the diagnostic accuracy.