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Analysis of ovarian volume of Korean children and adolescents at magnetic resonance imaging

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Abstract

Background

Knowledge of ovarian volume is important for diagnostic evaluations; however, normal ovarian volume studies on children and adolescents are lacking.

Objective

This study aimed to analyze age-specific ovarian volume and identify the diverse factors that contribute to ovarian diagnoses.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively enrolled 180 patients (0–18 years of age) with normal ovaries who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) between 2010 and 2018. MRI sequences included coronal and axial T2-weighted turbo spin echo (TSE) images and coronal T1-weighted TSE images. Ovarian volume was calculated by the standard ellipsoid formula. Age-specific ovarian volume, height, weight, height-adjusted total ovarian volume and body mass index were obtained. Linear regression analysis was used to predict ovarian volume.

Results

Six age groups (infant; early and late child, and early, middle and late adolescent) were described. The early adolescent group (10–12 years) had the highest rate of increase. In the middle adolescent period (13–15 years), the curve of ovarian volume appeared flat.

Conclusion

Our findings provide age-specific references for ovarian volume.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean government (2018R1A2B2005343).

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  1. Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences and Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Banpo-Daero, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, 137-701, Republic of Korea

    Jin-Wook Jung, Chi-Hyeon Yoo & Bo-Young Choe

  2. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Republic of Korea

    Jin-Wook Jung

  3. Biomedical MR Laboratory, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Kyu-Ho Song

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Jung, JW., Yoo, CH., Song, KH. et al. Analysis of ovarian volume of Korean children and adolescents at magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatr Radiol 49, 1320–1326 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-019-04469-3

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