Rare and uncommon tumours of the female pelvis: what the radiologist should know.

WHY IT MATTERS

If you have been diagnosed with an uncommon gynecological tumor, radiologists who understand these rare conditions are better equipped to provide accurate imaging reports that guide your treatment decisions.

This article helps doctors who read medical images understand rare tumors that grow in women's reproductive organs. These tumors are uncommon, affecting fewer than 6 out of every 100,000 people each year, which makes them hard to diagnose and treat. The article explains what these tumors look like on imaging scans and how doctors can better identify them to help plan treatment.

Rare and uncommon tumours of the female pelvis: what the radiologist should know. Abstract: Gynaecological tumours present a broad spectrum of histological subtypes due to the diverse anatomical and tissue origin of the reproductive organs. Rare tumours affect less than 6 per 100 000 individuals annually, posing significant challenges in diagnosis and management due to limited clinical awareness. Indeed, treatment protocols rely on options developed for more common histotypes, which may have limited efficacy on these rare tumours. In recent years, collaborative international efforts have started to address these gaps, improving standards of care. A comprehensive understanding of rare tumours' clinical and imaging features is necessary for radiologists in order to provide clinicians with useful information for treatment planning. In this review, we adopted an organ-based outl Authors: Bottazzi et al. Journal: The British journal of radiology MeSH: Humans, Female, Rare Diseases, Genital Neoplasms, Female, Pelvis