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Application of ovarian-adnexal ultrasound reporting and data system in the diagnosis of ovarian benign and malignant tumors

Song Haiman1, He Wen1*, Kang Ruijun1,2,Wang Lishu1,Yu Tengfei1, Zhang Wei1   

  1. 1.Department of Ultrasound, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China; 2.Department of Ultrasound, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2023-09-05 Online:2023-12-20 Published:2023-12-20

Abstract: Objective  To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency and clinical application of ovarian-adnexal reporting and data system (O-RADS) risk scoring system in the ovarian tumor diagnosis through comparison of the diagnostic performance of the sonographers with varying levels of expertise.Methods  The ultrasound images of 200 patients who were treated at Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University from January 2019 to June 2022 with ovarian tumors were retrospectively analyzed. The ovarian tumors were diagnosed by a senior doctor and a junior doctor separately, and then another two trained junior doctors -classified the diagnosed ovarian tumors referring to O-RADS. These two doctors came to a unanimous conclusion after discussion when they disagreed to each other. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, accuracy, and kappa value by senior doctor, junior doctor and O-RADS system were calculated and compared by using the pathological diagnosis as the gold standard. Results  A total of 222 ovarian tumors in 200 patients were enrolled, among which 147 were benign and 75 were malignant by pathological diagnosis. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, accuracy, and kappa value for the senior doctor were 89.3%, 93.1%, 87.0%, 94.4%, 91.8%, 0.82, respectively, while that for the junior doctor were 73.3%, 80.9%, 66.2%, 85.6%, 78.4%, 0.53, respectively. Taken pathological diagnosis as the gold standard, the receiver operating characteristic   was drawn,and the area under the curve was 0.892. Taken O-RADS > 3 as the best cut-off value, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, accuracy, and kappa value of the O-RADS were 93.3%, 81.6%, 72.1%, 96.0%, 85.5%, 0.70, respectively. Conclusion  O-RADS has good diagnostic efficacy in the diagnosis of ovarian tumors, and can be applied as a useful tool for junior doctor. When the application of O-RADS system meets with difficult classification, it is still necessary to refer to a senior doctor for consultation.

Key words: ovarian-adnexal reporting and data system, ovarian tumors, ultrasonography

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