Acr White Paper Adnexal

Ovarian adnexal reporting lexicon for ultrasound.

Acr white paper adnexal. This is an ongoing. Ovarian adnexal reporting lexicon for ultrasound. The acr incidental findings committee ifc generated its first white paper in 2010 addressing four algorithms for managing incidental pancreatic adrenal kidney and liver findings. This paper summarizes the background objectives and process for developing 4 new white papers on adnexal vascular splenic nodal gallbladder and biliary incidental findings and ct and mri.

These recommendations represent an update of those provided in our previous jacr 2013 white paper. What is the responsible use of information that nobody asked for fletcher and pignone 2008. The acr incidental findings committee ifc presents recommendations for managing adnexal masses incidentally detected on ct and mri. A white paper of the acr ovarian adnexal reporting and data system committee.

To provide general guidance for managing incidentally discovered masses with the understanding that specific patient care will vary depending on each individual s circumstances the clinical environment available resources and the judgment of the practitioner. A white paper of the acr ovarian adnexal reporting and data system committee journal of the american college of radiology vol. 10 variation in downstream relative costs associated with incidental ovarian cysts on ultrasound. This work was performed under the auspices of the acr through its incidental findings committee ii.

In the summer of 2015 under the supervision of the american college of radiology the ovarian adnexal reporting and data system o rads committee was formed with the purpose of creating a standardized lexicon for describing the imaging characteristics of ovarian and adnexal masses and applying it to a risk stratification and management system for evaluation of malignancy. The document has moved here. For this white paper one category of incidental find ing is the adnexal benign appearing cyst which is de fined as 1 an oval or round 2 unilocular mass of uniform fluid signal and attenuation 3 with a regular or imperceptible wall 4 without solid areas or mural nodules and 5 10 cm in maximum diameter.