title: A case of a solitary metastatic diaphragmatic tumor--relation to the peritoneal stomata of the diaphragm.
abstract: We herein describe a metastatic diaphragmatic tumor, an entity that has rarely been reported radiologically. The primary lesion was advanced colon cancer, and the root of the metastasis was thought to be the peritoneal stoma(ta) of the diaphragm, which has previously been shown to absorb both intraperitoneal fluid and small particles.
authors.affiliation: Section of Diagnostic Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Funatsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayabuchi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography