Localized pseudomyxoma peritonei in the female pelvis simulating ovarian carcinomatous peritonitis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 622-625

  Takeuchi, Mayumi ^a   Matsuzaki, Kenji ^a   Yoshida, Shusaku ^a   Nishitani, Hiromu ^a   Uehara, Hisanori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendiceal mucocele; Female pelvis; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

APPENDICEAL MUCOCELE; FEMALE PELVIC; FEMALE PELVIS; LOCALISED; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX MUCOCELE; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUCOCELE RUPTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0042205244     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00031     Document Type: Article

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