Peritoneal Mesotheliomas: Clinicopathologic Features, CT Findings, and Differential Diagnosis
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008.
American Roentgen Ray Society. 2008 Sep;191(3):814-25. [Link]
Park JY, Kim KW, Kwon HJ, Park MS, Kwon GY, Jun SY, Yu ES.
Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Pungnap 2-dong, Songpa-ku, Seoul 138-736, South Korea.
Abstract
Objective: The objective of our study was to illustrate various CT findings of peritoneal mesotheliomas, to review their clinicopathologic features, and to discuss the differential diagnoses.
Conclusion: The clinicopathologic features of peritoneal mesotheliomas vary among the subtypes such as malignant mesotheliomas, cystic mesotheliomas, and well-differentiated papillary mesotheliomas, and accordingly, there is a spectrum of CT appearances.
Keywords: CT, cystic mesothelioma, mesothelioma, oncologic imaging, papillary mesothelioma, peritoneum
Glossary
- imaging
- any method used to produce a picture of internal body structures. Some imaging methods used to detect cancer are x-rays (including mammograms and CT scans), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scintigraphy, and ultrasound.
- mesothelioma
- a tumor derived from mesothelial tissue, such as the peritoneum (lining the abdomen) or pleura (lining the lungs). More on mesothelioma.
- peritoneal
- (pair-uh-tuh-nee-al) the serous membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen. (More on Peritoneal Mesothelioma.)
