The dilemma of GTN versus benign causes of secondary PPH that were indeterminate by ultrasound examination: How to differentiate?: A new prospective diagnostic criterion of functional MRI and ultrasound
Early differentiation between causes of secondary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) can sometimes be difficult and can cause serious complications if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. The study aimed to assess the efficacy of different imaging diagnostic criteria, which would help in differentiating be...
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| Published in: | Clinical radiology Vol. 80; p. 106721 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
01-01-2025
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| Summary: | Early differentiation between causes of secondary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) can sometimes be difficult and can cause serious complications if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. The study aimed to assess the efficacy of different imaging diagnostic criteria, which would help in differentiating between gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) from indeterminate benign causes; thus, aiding in making clinical decisions in a timely fashion.
A comparative prospective study, were 33 patients complaining of 2ry PPH, with indeterminate diagnosis referred to the Radiology department female imaging unit between October 2020 and November 2022 for further assessment. Transvaginal ultrasound examination as well as functional MRI was done. The lesions were characterized and certain diagnostic criteria were evaluated.
The lesion epicenter, margin and depth of myometrial invasion detected by dynamic MRI have significant role to differentiate between GTN and other benign conditions mainly RPOC with higher sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of MRI compared to US. The p value, sensitivity and specificity as well as the accuracy of MRI were: 0.006, 50 %, 92 %, and 81.8 %; 0.000, 87.5 %, 92 % and 90.9 %; 0.002, 87.5 %, 92 % and 90.9 % compared to 0.5, 50 %, 64 % and 60.6 %; 0.01, 87.5 %, 64 % and 69.7 %; 0.2, 87.5 %, 40 % and 51.5 % by US respectively. The overall performance of MRI to reach accurate final diagnosis is higher than the US with accuracy rate of 97 % compared to 63.6 % in indeterminate cases.
MRI was found to show higher performance, compared to US in differentiating inconclusive cases of 2ry PPH.
•It is difficult to differentiate between RPOC and GTD solely by clinical criteria.•US & MRI picture sometimes overlap in challenging cases of RPOC & GTD.•Different diagnostic criteria were needed to help in differentiating these cases.•New diagnostic imaging approaches were found to shows high accuracy.•MRI found to show more diagnostic accuracy than US in challenging cases. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0009-9260 1365-229X 1365-229X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crad.2024.09.024 |