PRIMITIVE MUCINOUS CYSTADENOCARCINOMA OF THE RETROPERITONEUM - CASE-REPORT AND DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Authors
DORE R LAFIANZA A STORTI L BABILONTI L PREDA L DIMAGGIO EM TENTI P
Citation
R. Dore et al., PRIMITIVE MUCINOUS CYSTADENOCARCINOMA OF THE RETROPERITONEUM - CASE-REPORT AND DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS, Clinical imaging, 20(2), 1996, pp. 129-132
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
08997071
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
129 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(1996)20:2<129:PMCOTR>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The combination of ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) p roved useful in recognizing and defining the characteristics of a prim itive mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the retroperitoneum, a rare anato mopathological finding which consistently presents certain macroscopic features that help in the formulation of a diagnosis with imaging tec hniques.