Peritoneal carcinomatosis

Peritoneal carcinomatosis
Intestines with peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer, appearing as a grainy serosal surface. [1]
Specialty	Oncology

Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is intraperitoneal dissemination (carcinosis) of any form of cancer that does not originate from the peritoneum itself. PC is most commonly seen in abdominopelvic malignancies. Computed tomography (CT) is particularly important for detailed preoperative assessment and evaluation of the radiological Peritoneal Cancer Index (PCI). Its presence portends a poor prognosis.

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  Cytopathology of peritoneal fluid (Pap stain) in a case of peritoneal carcinomatosis, showing typical features of adenocarcinoma.

References

1. Turaga, Kiran K.; Gamblin, T. Clark; Pappas, Sam (2012). "Surgical Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Gastric Cancer". International Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2012 405652. doi: 10.1155/2012/405652 . PMC   3388312 . PMID   22778938.

Further reading

• Smiti, S; Rajagopal, Kv (January 2010). "CT mimics of peritoneal carcinomatosis". Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging. 20 (1): 58–62. doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.59757 . PMC   2844752 . PMID   20351997.
• Jayne, D G; Fook, S; Loi, C; Seow-Choen, F (2 December 2002). "Peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer". British Journal of Surgery. 89 (12): 1545–1550. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02274.x . PMID   12445064. S2CID   8320232.
• Raptopoulos, Vassilios; Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas (November 2001). "Peritoneal carcinomatosis". European Radiology. 11 (11): 2195–2206. doi:10.1007/s003300100998. PMID   11702160. S2CID   503209.
• Gronau, F.; Feldbruegge, L.; Oberwittler, F.; Gonzalez-Moreno, S.; Villeneuve, L.; Eveno, C.; Glehen, O.; Kusamura, S.; Rau, B. (2022). "HIPEC in Peritoneal Metastasis of Gastric Origin: A Systematic Review of Regimens and Techniques". Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11 (5): 1456. doi: 10.3390/jcm11051456 . PMC   8911234 . PMID   35268546.
• Coccolini, F.; Gheza, F.; Lotti, M.; Virzì, S.; Iusco, D.; Ghermandi, C.; Melotti, R.; Baiocchi, G.; Giulini, S. M.; Ansaloni, L.; Catena, F. (2013). "Peritoneal carcinomatosis". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 19 (41): 6979–6994. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i41.6979 . PMC   3819534 . PMID   24222942.