title: Gliomatosis peritonei: recurrence, treatment and surveillance.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gliomatosis peritonei is the metastatic implantation of mature glial tissue within the peritoneal cavity of patients with ovarian teratomas. There is no clear guidance for how long these patients should be followed up.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the follow-up imaging findings of a 33-year-old female with abdominal distension and abdominal pain and who was postoperatively diagnosed with immature ovarian teratoma with gliomatosis peritonei.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differentiation of peritoneal implants seems to be important for prognosis. Malignant transformations after several years cannot be excluded. Therefore, new studies will determine if it is necessary to create guidelines for the postsurgical monitoring of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General y de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España. pablomensan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menéndez-Sánchez
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Villarejo-Campos
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Padilla-Valverde
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murillo-Lázaro
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martín-Fernández
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001062:Appendectomy; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D002945:Cisplatin