title: Importance of the falciform ligament, ligamentum teres and splenic hilus in the spread of malignancy as demonstrated by computed tomography.
abstract: Computed tomographic detection of significantly large (greater than 1.5 cm) transcoelomic secondary malignant serosal deposits is discussed. Attention is drawn to the importance of the falciform ligament, ligamentum teres, and splenic hilus as sites of secondary deposits. An anatomical explanation is presented for the detection of these findings on computed tomography.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed