Rare diffuse peritoneal malignant neoplasms: CT findings in two cases

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 827-830

  Mainenti, P P ^a,b,d   Romano, L ^c   Contegiacomo, A ^b   Romano, M ^a,b   Casella, V ^b   Cuccuru, A ^b   Insabato, L ^b   Salvatore, M ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Desmoplastic; Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Neoplasms; Peritoneum

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PERITONEUM CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242362814     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0042-x     Document Type: Article

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