Calcification of pseudomyxoma peritonei following intraperitoneal chemotherapy: CT demonstration.
Pseudomyxoma peritonei is essentially mucinous ascites, resulting from the intraperitoneal rupture of a malignant mucinous lesion with seeding of peritoneal surfaces. We report a case of pseudomyxoma peritonei from a perforated mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix in which radiographically demonstrable punctate calcifications developed during the course of intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D000328:Adult; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D008937:Mitomycins; D016685:Mitomycin; D005472:Fluorouracil