Thrombocytosis as a predictor of malignancy in women with a pelvic mass.

摘要: OBJECTIVE To determine if thrombocytosis (platelets > 350,000/microL) is a predictor of malignancy in women with pelvic mass. STUDY DESIGN The charts 323 patients who presented mass and subsequently underwent an exploratory laparotomy were reviewed for preoperative platelet count final diagnosis. Thrombocytosis was defined as 350,000/microL. data analyzed utilizing the SPSS 6.1 software package (Chicago, Illinois); analysis variance chi 2 tests used comparison. RESULTS difference counts benign tumors statistically significant (P < .00001). Eighty-seven had cancer; these, 42 (48.3%) thrombocytosis. Only 31 (13.8%) CONCLUSION High presenting may predict diagnosis cancer.