OVARY CYSTS - NEW EXPLORATIONS

Ultrasonography and specially vaginal endosonography is at present the technique of choice for the screening of ovary cysts. Nevertheless, t he method have some limits in the study of solid lesions and big masse s ; that's where CT scan and MRI have good indications : CT is more re liable than US to detect fat in teratomas. CT and MRI are superior to US in determining big tumor extend because of their ability of multipl anar study. MRI permit a molecular caracterisation of cystic lesions.