Items tagged “peritoneum”

16 results found
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Ascites on AXR

  Diagnosis almost certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 08 Sep 2009
60% complete
X-ray
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Peritoneal and bone metastases from breast cancer

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 22 Jan 2010
98% complete
Annotated image CT
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Hepatocellular carcinoma with peritoneal metastasis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Wael Nemattalla
Published 21 Feb 2010
62% complete
CT
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Ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma

  Diagnosis certain
Hani Makky Al Salam
Published 04 Sep 2010
84% complete
X-ray CT
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Peritoneal hydatidosis

  Diagnosis probable
Gagandeep Choudhary
Published 30 Sep 2010
44% complete
Ultrasound
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Ascites

  Diagnosis almost certain
The Radswiki
Published 20 Oct 2010
48% complete
CT
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Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Pseudomyxoma peritonei refers to a syndrome of progressive intraperitoneal accumulation of mucinous ascites related to a mucin-producing neoplasm. It is most commonly caused by a mucinous tumor of the appendix 10. Much less commonly, mucinous tumors of the colon, rectum, stomach, pancreas, and ...
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Ascites

Ascites (hydroperitoneum is a rare synonym) is defined as an abnormal amount of intraperitoneal fluid. Terminology Ascites (plural is the same word) tends to be reserved for relatively sizable amounts of peritoneal fluid. The amount has not been defined formally. It is noted physiologically, h...
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Pneumoperitoneum

  Diagnosis certain
Alexandra Stanislavsky
Published 28 Dec 2010
91% complete
X-ray
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Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is an uncommon primary tumor of the peritoneal lining. It shares epidemiological and pathological features with - but is less common than - its pleural counterpart, which is described in detail in the general article on mesothelioma. Other abdominal subtypes (al...
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Peritoneal metastases

Peritoneal metastases are a relatively common location for metastases, particularly from tumors of the abdomen and pelvis, that generally imply a poor prognosis, often with a significant impact on palliation 1. Terminology If peritoneal metastases are of an epithelial origin (as most are) and ...
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Posterior right subhepatic space

The posterior right subhepatic space (also known as the hepatorenal fossa or Morison pouch) separates the liver from the right kidney. It is a potential space that is not filled with any fluid in normal conditions. Gross anatomy The posterior right subhepatic space is a subcompartment of the s...
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Median umbilical fold

The median umbilical fold is a raised ridge of parietal peritoneum in the deep aspect of the anterior abdominal wall overlying the median umbilical ligament (urachal remnant). It is seen to lie between the transversalis fascia and peritoneum. It is one of five umbilical folds and should not be c...
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Medial umbilical folds

The medial umbilical folds are bilateral raised ridges of parietal peritoneum in the deep aspect of the anterior abdominal wall formed by the underlying medial umbilical ligaments running from the pelvis to the umbilicus. The medial umbilical ligaments are anatomical remnants of the obliterated ...
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Lateroconal fascia

The lateroconal fascia is the peritoneal thickening which extends anterolaterally from the adjoining merging lateral borders of the anterior and posterior perirenal fasciae. Gross anatomy It increases progressively in length as it ranges distally. It traverses laterally in a transverse plane a...
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Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis

  Diagnosis certain
Vitalii Rogalskyi
Published 17 Feb 2019
93% complete
CT

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