title: MR imaging of the peritoneal spread of malignancy.
abstract: MR imaging provides a highly sensitive and accurate means to depict tumor involving the peritoneum and bowel serosa. The ability of MR imaging to depict subtle peritoneal metastases plays a critical role in diagnosing and monitoring the oncologic patient with known or suspected peritoneal spread of malignancy. In this review I will describe the mechanisms of peritoneal tumor spread, and MR techniques and protocols for peritoneal imaging. A detailed description of the MR appearance of peritoneal tumor at different anatomic sites will be provided followed by a discussion of clinical applications for MR imaging of peritoneal malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Sharp and Children's MRI Center, 7901 Frost Street, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. rlow@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Russell N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media