Intraabdominal calcification in treated disseminated carcinoma of the ovary.
The presence of diffuse abdominal calcification in patients with known carcinoma is usually a sign of metastatic involvement. This finding in some patients who have been treated with high dosage radiation therapy may represent areas of tumor necrosis and subsequent healing without evidence of active malignancy.
D000005:Abdomen; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy