Evaluation of the risk of malignancy index in preoperative diagnosis of ovarian masses

Authors

  • Royyuru Suchitra Department of Gyneconcology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Unit of Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Kaustubh Burde Department of Gyneconcology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Unit of Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Nilima G. Department of Gyneconcology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Unit of Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • P. L. S. Sahithi Department of Gyneconcology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Unit of Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20184152

Keywords:

Adnexal masses, CA 125, RMI2, RMI4, Screening

Abstract

Background: Ovarian cancer possesses a challenge to screening tests due to its anatomical location, poor natural history, lack of specific lesion, symptoms and signs and low prevalence. Authors shall be considering RMI 2 and RMI 4 (forms of RMI) and comparing them with histopathology report to derive the sensitivity, specificity and other parameters of these tests.

Methods: A prospective   study was conducted from September 2016- September 2017 at Mazumdar Shaw Hospital, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore.73 patients met the inclusion criteria. RMI 2   and RMI4 were calculated for all the patients and these scores were compared to the final histopathology reports.

Results: In present study of 73 patients RMI2 showed a sensitivity of 86.6%, specificity of 86.5 %, Positive predictive value of 81.25% and negative predictive value of 90.24 %. Whereas RMI4 showed a sensitivity of 86.6%, specificity of 86.5 %, Positive predictive value of 83.87 and negative predictive value of 90.48 %. These results are comparable to other studies conducted.  The risk of malignancy index 2 and 4 are also almost comparable with each other and so either can be used for determining the risk of malignancy in patients with adnexal masses. These results were derived in an Indian population across all age groups showing that authors can apply this low-cost method even in resource limited settings.

Conclusions: Authors found that Risk of malignancy index is a simple and affordable method to determine the likelihood of a patient having adnexal mass to be malignant. This can thus help save the resources and make the services available at grass root level.

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2018-09-26

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