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Table 1 The diagnostic performance of MDCT for detecting involvement of other organs in patients with an adnexal mass

From: Accuracy of 64-multidetector computed tomography in diagnosis of adnexal tumors

 

MDCT compared to:

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

Pelvis

Surgery

80.9%

95.4%

89.4%

91.3%

90.7%

 

Histopathology

72.2%

93.4%

84.2%

87.75

90.7%

Lymph nodes

Surgery

81.2%

100%

100%

94.2%

95.35

 

Histopathology

83.3%

94.3%

76.9%

96.1%

92.3%

Peritoneum

Surgery

79.1%

95.1%

90.45

88.65

89.2%

 

Histopathology

81.8%

93%

85.7%

90.9%

89.2%

  1. PPV: Positive predictive value, NPV: Negative predictive value. MDCT: multi-detector computed tomography.