CT MANIFESTATIONS OF PERITONEAL LEIOMYOSARCOMATOSIS

CT findings of six patients with pathologically proved malignant perit oneal disease secondary to leiomyosarcomas were reviewed. Peritoneal i mplants, hepatic metastases and ascites were found in five, five and t wo, of the six patients, respectively. Neither lymphadenopathies, diff use peritoneal mesenteric involvement, nor intralesional calcification were observed. Although infrequent, peritoneal leimyosarcomatosis sho uld be included in the differential CT diagnosis of carcinomatosis.