title: Serous surface papillary carcinoma of the peritoneum: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings in 11 patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our study was to describe the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings of serous surface papillary carcinoma of the peritoneum in 11 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serous surface papillary carcinoma of the peritoneum should be included in the differential diagnosis when ascites, omental caking, and peritoneal nodules or enhancement are observed in a postmenopausal woman with or without ovarian enlargement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0034, Japan. moritahideomh@yahoo.co.jp <moritahideomh@yahoo.co.jp>
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taketomi
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed