Role of CT in the Management of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Stacey A. Funt1,
Hedvig Hricak1,
Nadeem Abu-Rustum2,
Madhu Mazumdar3,
Howard Felderman1 and
Dennis S. Chi2
1 Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York
Ave., New York, NY 10021.
2 Department of Surgery, Gynecology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, NY 10021.
3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, NY 10021.

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Fig. 1. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan in 53-year-old-woman with
recurrent ovarian cancer and pelvic sidewall invasion that was suboptimally
cytoreduced shows bilateral masses invading pelvic side walls (piriform
muscles) (arrows).
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Fig. 2. Box-and-whisker plot shows cancer antigen125 (CA-125)
values according to resectability status. Whiskers represent entire range and
box represents first and third quartiles. Line in middle of box represents
median, and plus sign represents mean.
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Fig. 3. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan in 61-year-old woman with
recurrent ovarian cancer that was suboptimally cytoreduced shows multiple
intraabdominal tumor metastases (arrows) and mild ascites
(arrowheads).
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Fig. 4A. 67-year-old woman with recurrent ovarian cancer that was
suboptimally cytoreduced. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scans reveal calcified
tumor metastasis in porta hepatis (arrow, A) and calcified
interaortocaval lymph node (arrow, B).
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Fig. 4B. 67-year-old woman with recurrent ovarian cancer that was
suboptimally cytoreduced. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scans reveal calcified
tumor metastasis in porta hepatis (arrow, A) and calcified
interaortocaval lymph node (arrow, B).
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Fig. 5. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan in 46-year-old woman with
recurrent ovarian cancer that was optimally cytoreduced shows
well-circumscribed complex cystic mass (arrow) that is inseparable
from vagina, rectum, and bladder.
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Fig. 6A. 55-year-old woman with recurrent ovarian cancer that was
suboptimally cytoreduced. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan reveals infiltrative
mass with central necrosis (arrow) that is inseparable from sigmoid
colon, vagina, and bladder.
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Fig. 6B. 55-year-old woman with recurrent ovarian cancer that was
suboptimally cytoreduced. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan reveals left-sided
hydronephrosis (arrow) and hepatic metastasis in segment VI
(arrowhead).
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Fig. 7. Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan in 49-year-old woman with
recurrent ovarian cancer and pelvic sidewall invasion that was optimally
cytoreduced shows heterogeneous mass (arrow) invading left pelvic
sidewall (< 3 mm from piriform muscle) (arrowhead). Surgery
required resection of piriform muscle and bone scraping.
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