Serous surface papillary carcinoma of the peritoneum: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings in 11 patients.
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.
Morita
Hideo
H
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>
Aoki
Jun
J
Taketomi
Ayako
A
Sato
Noriko
N
Endo
Keigo
K
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