ArticleUltrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology2025
Imaging in gynecological disease (28): clinical and ultrasound characteristics of serous and mucinous cystadenomas in the adnexa.
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objectiveTo describe the clinical and ultrasound characteristics of serous and mucinous cystadenomas in the adnexa.
methodsThis was a retrospective international multicenter study. Using the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) database, patients with a histological diagnosis of serous or mucinous cystadenoma who had undergone preoperative ultrasound examination between 1999 and 2016 (IOTA studies phase 1, 1b, 2, 3 and 5) were identified. All masses were described using the standardized IOTA terminology. The diagnosis assigned by the original ultrasound examiner based on subjective assessment was recorded. Two reviewers assessed the available digital ultrasound images using pattern recognition to identify typical sonographic features of cystadenomas.
resultsA total of 1318 patients were included: 687 (52.1%) with serous cystadenomas and 631 (47.9%) with mucinous cystadenomas. Based on the data recorded prospectively in the IOTA database, for serous cystadenomas the median diameter of the largest tumor was 68 (range, 14-320) mm. Most serous cystadenomas were described as unilateral (588/687 (85.6%)), with unilocular (274/687 (39.9%)) or multilocular (221/687 (32.2%)) morphology, and most had anechoic cyst content (508/687 (73.9%)). Most serous cystadenomas were not vascularized (color score of 1; 327/687 (47.6%)) or were poorly vascularized (color score of 2; 253/687 (36.8%)) on color Doppler examination. The original ultrasound examiner correctly classified 91.1% (626/687) of serous cystadenomas as benign and suggested the correct specific diagnosis in 51.5% (354/687) of tumors. For mucinous cystadenomas, the median diameter of the largest tumor was 93 (range, 12-550) mm. Most mucinous cystadenomas were described as unilateral (594/631 (94.1%)) with multilocular morphology (357/631 (56.6%)), and most manifested low-level echogenicity (334/631 (52.9%)). Most mucinous cystadenomas were poorly (color score of 2; 248/631 (39.3%)) or moderately (color score of 3; 194/631 (30.7%)) vascularized on color Doppler examination. The original ultrasound examiner correctly classified 87.5% (552/631) of mucinous cystadenomas as benign and suggested the correct specific diagnosis in 42.9% (271/631) of tumors. Based on pattern recognition (review of ultrasound images available for 433 tumors), the most typical sonographic features of serous cystadenomas were unilocular cyst (100/211 (47.4%)) or multilocular cyst with < 10 cyst locules (71/211 (33.6%)), whereas the typical features of mucinous cystadenomas were multilocular cyst with < 10 cyst locules (99/222 (44.6%)), unilocular cyst (78/222 (35.1%)) or multilocular cyst with > 10 cyst locules (31/222 (14.0%)). A honeycomb nodule was found in some mucinous cystadenomas (31/222 (14.0%)) but was not found in serous cystadenomas.
conclusionsSerous and mucinous cystadenomas exhibit typical sonographic features, allowing ultrasound examiners to assign a correct specific diagnosis to most tumors. Recognizing the ultrasound features of cystadenomas and avoiding misdiagnosing them as malignant can help prevent surgery for these benign tumors in asymptomatic patients. © 2025 The Author(s). Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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