GIANT BENIGN CYSTIC PERITONEAL MESOTHELIOMA - US, CT, AND MRI FINDINGS

Authors
OZGEN A AKATA D AKHAN O TEZ M GEDIKOGLU G OZMEN MN
Citation
A. Ozgen et al., GIANT BENIGN CYSTIC PERITONEAL MESOTHELIOMA - US, CT, AND MRI FINDINGS, Abdominal imaging, 23(5), 1998, pp. 502-504
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
502 - 504
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1998)23:5<502:GBCPM->2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Benign cystic peritoneal mesothelioma (BCPM) is a rare tumor, primaril y affecting young women; approximately 130 cases have been described m ainly in the pathological and surgical literature. We present imaging findings of a giant BCPM in a male patient and discuss the radiologica l differential diagnosis with a brief review of the Literature.