scholarly journals Evaluation of HE4, CA-125, Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) and Risk of Malignancy Index (RMI) in the Preoperative Assessment of Patients with Adnexal Mass

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 336-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khawla Al Musalhi ◽  
Manal Al Kindi ◽  
Faiza Al Aisary ◽  
Fatma Ramadhan ◽  
Thuraya Al Rawahi ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-202
Author(s):  
Manisha Acharya ◽  
P Kumar ◽  
BB Shrestha ◽  
S Shrestha ◽  
R Amatya ◽  
...  

Adnexal mass is a common clinical finding in gynaecological practice. The study aims to find out the diagnostic value of clinical examination, ultrasonography and Ca-125 and its correlation, using Risk of Malignancy Index with histopathological diagnosis in adnexal masses. Clinical records were retrieved of women who had surgical management for adnexal mass in the last 2 years duration. Based on the data, Risk of Malignancy Index values were calculated. It was then compared with histopathological diagnosis. Out of 66 patients, 56 patients had benign tumor and 10 patients had malignancy. The Risk of Malignancy Index values of each patient was calculated which ranged from 8 to 2205 with mean value of 425.52 (SD±41.8). Risk of Malignancy Index sensitivity was 70%, specificity was 96.42%, positive predictive value was 77.78%, and negative predictive value was 95.83%. Risk of Malignancy Index is a reliable diagnostic tool in differentiating benign from malignant adnexal masses.


Author(s):  
Rao P. S. ◽  
Bala Reenu ◽  
S. Prajwal

Background: Ovarian malignancy is the most common gynecological malignancy after the cancer of the cervix. A woman's risk at birth of ovarian cancer at some time in her life is 1 % to 1.5% and that of dying from cancer is almost 0.5 %. The most commonly occurring ovarian tumors are of epithelial in origin. It has the highest case-fatality ratio of all gynecological malignancies. Hence the early diagnosis is the most important factor for better prognosis. A clinical evaluation of the patient, followed by ultrasonography and CA-125 is helpful. This study aims to determine the role of Risk of Malignancy Index (Jacob’s RMI) in ovarian tumors for prediction of ovarian malignancy.Methods: This is a prospective cohort study. The present study was carried out at department of OBG, in collaboration with the Departments of Radio diagnosis and Pathology, AHRR, New Delhi. 100 patients meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria were considered. Detailed clinical history, examination and ultrasonography (Abdomen and pelvis) were done. Estimation of CA125 was done thereafter. Calculated JACOBS RMI score was compared with operative surgical staging and histopathological-cytological examination of the specimen. Data obtained thereafter was analysed using appropriate and relevant statistical software.Results: In present study sensitivity of RMI Score in the pre-menopausal women was 66.7% and in post-menopausal women was 83.3%. Specificity of RMI Score in the pre-menopausal women was 96.3% and in post-menopausal women was 81.8%. The positive predictive value in the pre-menopausal women was 40% and in post-menopausal women was 71.4%. The negative predictive value in the pre-menopausal women was 98.7% and in post-menopausal women was 90%. Diagnostic accuracy in a case of premenopausal women was is 95.2% and 82.4% for postmenopausal women.Conclusions: The present study shows that RMI Score helps in identifying effectively those patients who require Staging Laparotomy and hence referral to Gynecologist Oncologist. Patients with ovarian masses with low risk of malignancy index can be treated by minimal access procedures.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Shamsun Nahar ◽  
Latifa Shamsuddin

<p><strong>Background:</strong> Screening programme for ovarian malignancy is an international public demand. <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Ojective:</strong> To validate a risk of malignancy index (RMI) incorporating serum CA125, abdominal ultrasound findings and menopausal status for preoperative diagnosis of ovarian malignancy among patient with adnexal mass.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> This prospective observa­tional study was conducted on 57 patients having adnexal mass admitted consecutively for surgical exploration in BSMMU from January 2000 to March 2001. S. CA125 assay &amp; abdominal ultrasonography was done within 10 days preoperatively. Ultrasound score (0, 1 &amp; 3) using 5 sonographic features &amp; menopausal score (1 &amp; 3) were calculated. RMI was detected by the formula "RMI = Ultrasound score - Menopausal score - S. CA125 level" Definitive diagnosis was based on histopathological examination.</p><p>See PDF for the rest of the abstract.</p>


Author(s):  
Burcu Karakaya ◽  
Emre Ozgu ◽  
Hatice Kansu ◽  
Ozlem Evliyaoglu ◽  
Esma Sarikaya ◽  
...  

Background Preoperatively identification of malignancy potential of a postmenopausal adnexal masses is important. Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of the Risk of Malignancy Index-2 in presumably benign adnexal masses in postmenopausal women. Study Design Retrospective, observational study. Methods 119 women with postmenopausal adnexal masses with a preliminary diagnosis of benign tumors according to the Risk of Malignancy Index-2 were included. Age, duration of menopause, ultrasonographic findings, and serum CA-125 levels were recorded preoperatively. The definitive diagnosis was based on postoperative histopathological examination. Results Of 119 adnexal mass, 10 were malignant and 109 were benign. There was no statistically significant difference with regard to age and tumor size between the groups. The two significant ultrasonographic parameter between groups were the presence of solid area in the mass and bilaterality. Moreover, if the cut off point for serum CA-125 was adjusted to 14.75 IU/mL according to ROC curve, a sensitivity value of 80% and a specificity value of 72% could be achieved to discriminate benign and malign cysts. Conclusion In the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant adnexal masses in postmenopausal women, the presence of a solid component, bilaterallity based on ultrasonography and high CA-125 values may be used as discriminative criteria. There is no direct relation between the size of the adnexal mass and malignancy potential. Therefore, in the malignancy indexes of postmenopausal women, we recommend lower cut-off values of CA-125 to increase the sensitivity of preoperative evaluation tests without having a great impact on negative predictive values.


Author(s):  
Amarjeet Kaur ◽  
Sujata Sharma ◽  
Sohan Singh

Background: The discrimination between benign and malignant adnexal masses is important for clinical management and surgical planning in such patients. Various combined methods of evaluation adnexal mass have also been proposed. Risk of malignancy index (RMI) is a combined parameter which is simple, preclinical and highly sensitive, and more specific. Risk of malignancy index 4 (RMI 4) is calculated as a product of ultrasound score (U)×menopausal score (M)×CA 125×tumor size. Objective of this study was to determine if the RMI (RMI 4) can distinguish between benign and malignant adnexal masses.Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 30 women with an adnexal mass presenting in the OPD and emergency and RMI-4 calculated. Cut off level of 450 was set to differentiate between benign and malignant mass.Results: In this study, the value of RMI-4 is less than 450 in 17 patients with benign disease and 3 patients with malignant disease. The value is more than 450 in 2 patients with benign disease and 8 patients with malignant disease. RMI-4 >450 had a sensitivity of 72.73% and specificity is 89.47%. The positive predictive value is 80% and negative predictive value is 85%. The p-value for RMI-4 in this study is 0.001 which is highly significant.Conclusions: RMI is a reliable, simple, easy to use and cost-effective method in differentiating benign from malignant adnexal masses.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
Sanjukta Chowdhury ◽  
Raunak Jahan ◽  
Dina Layla Hossain ◽  
Fahmida Sharmin Joty ◽  
Sumana Rahman ◽  
...  

Background:Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynaecologic cancer in developing countries. Five-year survival of ovarian cancer varies according to stages, hence, screening, detection and treatment in earlier stages are of great importance. The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) recommends use of Risk of Malignancy Index (RMI) for preoperative assessment of ovarian tumours. It is a scoring system based on menopausal status, ultrasound findings, and serum CA 125 level in adnexal mass.Objective:To investigate the accuracy of RMI as a predictive method of discriminating benign from malignant ovarian tumour.Methodology: Fifty patients, 30 years or older, with adnexal mass, admitted for laparotomy in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dept. from April’13 to September’13were randomly assigned in this cross-sectional descriptive study. RMI was calculated for each patient based on menopausal status, CA125 level and ultrasound findings of bilateral lesion, multilocular cyst, solid areas, ascites and metastases.Results:Among 50 women, 18 cases (36%) were postmenopausal showing more malignant tumors (77.78%) in this group. Depending on histopathological reports, 82% benign and 18% malignant diseases.The best performance of RMI was obtained at cut-off value of 230 with sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 95.2%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 80% and negative predictive value (NPV) 100%. Conclusion:Compared to previous studies, RMI was highly sensitive in detecting malignant disease, though not as specific in excluding benign lesions, particularly endometriosis.J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll, December 2017, Vol.9(2); 69-73


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Apurba Mandal ◽  
Shibram Chattopadhyay ◽  
Sushanta Mondal ◽  
Arunava Biswas

Background: Adnexal mass is a common presentation in today’s gynecological practice. The incidence of ovarian cancer is increasing day by day and diagnosis is often difficult to be made pre operatively with inadequate surgical exploration is a regular occurrence. Aims and Objectives: To assess and validate the importance of RMI-3 score as pre-operative diagnostic tool of differentiating benign from malignant adnexal mass for starting first line therapy of ovarian cancer and to find out the incidences of ovarian malignancy among study population. Material and Methods: The study was conducted in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics on (n=115) patients attending GOPD and indoor with adnexal mass fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria using purposive sampling technique. All the selected cases underwent ultrasonography and serum CA- 125 level estimation necessary for calculating RMI score. A score of >200 was taken as suggestive of malignancy and confirmatory diagnosis was performed by histopathological examination obtained from staging laparotomy of adnexal mass. The individual scores were then correlated with final outcomes with statistical analyses. Results: The study revealed benign ovarian tumors are more under 50 years (78.46%) and patients with normal BMI are diagnosed with maximum of malignancy (n = 28). History of tubal ligation carried less risk of malignancy (p<0.0001). Histologically malignant tumors found mostly in 71.4% postmenopausal group whereas 94.1% benign pathology were present in perimenopausal group and there is no association found between parity and histopathology (p=0.058). Bilateral (p=0.013), multilocular (p=0.000) tumors with solid areas (p<0.0001) and thick papillary projections (p<0.0001) had statistically significant association with malignant lesions. RMI score (>200) had more efficacy than serum CA-125 level (>46) in differentiating malignant lesions from benign one in terms of specificity (96% vs 83.87%) and positive predictive value (95% vs 79.17%). Conclusions: RMI-3 score is a simple, reliable and effective tool in differentiating benign from malignant adnexal masses thereby help in quick referral and management of cases with increase chances of survival of the patients.


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