Evaluation of calcification distribution by CT-based textural analysis for discrimination of immature teratoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mature and immature teratomas are differentiated based on tumor markers and calcification or fat distribution. However, no study has objectively quantified the differences in calcification and fat distributions between these tumors. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic potential of CT-based textural analysis in differentiating between mature and immature teratomas in patients aged < 20 years.

Materials and methods

Thirty-two patients with pathologically proven mature cystic (n = 28) and immature teratomas (n = 4) underwent transabdominal ultrasound and/or abdominal and pelvic CT before surgery. The diagnostic performance of CT for assessing imaging features, including subjective manual measurement and objective textural analysis of fat and calcification dis

SUBMITTER: Nakamori A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10464244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature