title: Peritoneal coccidioidomycosis: a potential CT mimic of peritoneal malignancy.
abstract: Peritoneal involvement is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation of coccidioidomycosis. We report a patient with meningeal coccidioidomycosis who was found to have multiple, globular, peripherally enhancing deposits in the peritoneal cavity at abdominal computed tomography, raising the consideration of peritoneal malignancy. Aspiration biopsy demonstrated peritoneal coccidioidomycosis. The particular computed tomographic findings of peritoneal coccidioidomycosis seen in this patient have not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Eyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qayyum
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Westphalen
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Joe
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Coakley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016921:Meningitis, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*