Peritoneal Carcinomatosis and Its Mimics: Review of CT Findings for Differential Diagnosis

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology

Seung Soo Kim¹  Joon Ho Cho¹ 

[1] Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan-si;

关键词: peritoneal neoplasms;    peritoneal carcinomatosis;    multidetector computed tomography;    differential diagnosis;    tuberculosis;   

DOI  :  10.5334/jbsr.1940

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) indicates the metastasis of a malignant neoplasm to the peritoneal surface. PC can be incidentally detected before discovery of the primary malignancy during an imaging study. There are other conditions that can mimic PC, such as pseudomyxoma peritonei, peritoneal lymphomatosis, peritoneal malignant mesothelioma, leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata, and tuberculous peritonitis. These diseases may appear similar on computed tomography (CT), but there are some clues for the differential diagnosis. This article will describe the CT findings of PC and its mimics for the differential diagnosis.

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