title: Imaging findings of ruptured abdominal and pelvic tumors.
abstract: A variety of abdominal and pelvic tumors can present with rupture leading to hemoperitoneum/hemoretroperitoneum or peritonitis. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of hemorrhage or peritonitis as well as in the detection of ruptured tumors or organs. In this article, we illustrate the imaging findings of ruptured tumors arising in the abdominal and pelvic organs while excluding those of ruptured tumors arising in the stomach and intestines. It is important for the radiologists to understand the mechanisms involved in tumor rupture and recognize the imaging features of ruptured tumors according to the organs involved because this will permit the exact diagnosis of ruptured tumors, thereby facilitating prompt and effective treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea. rad2000@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Sang Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dal Mo
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000175:diagnosis; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media