• Borderline Tumors of the Ovary: CT and MRI Features and Tumor Markers in Differentiation from Stage I Disease

    AJR 2005; 184:999-1003.

    DeSouza NM, O'Neill R, McIndoe GA, Dina R, Soutter WP.

    OBJECTIVE: We sought to describe MDCT and MRI features and tumor marker levels that differentiate borderline ovarian tumors from stage I ovarian tumors.

    CONCLUSION: Borderline ovarian tumors are complex masses with imaging features similar to stage I tumors. The thickness of septations and the size of solid components are significantly larger in stage I tumors, and these features may be helpful for predicting likelihood of invasive tumors. However, neither feature allows confident differentiation of borderline tumors from stage I disease.