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Imaging of Peritoneal Cavity Carcinoma

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The malignant peritoneal neoplasms are much more common than the benign. The secondary tumors are more frequently encountered than the primary ones. Imaging evaluation is important for the diagnosis, estimation of disease extent, and preoperative planning. A thorough analysis of imaging examinations is required, since imaging findings are nonspecific in a considerable number of cases and, additionally, there is an overlapping of imaging findings between primary and secondary malignant peritoneal neoplasms.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece

    Panos K. Prassopoulos & Nikolaos A. Courcoutsakis

  2. Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Didimotichon, Thrace, Greece

    Apostolos K. Tentes

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  1. School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Athanasios D. Gouliamos

  2. Imaging Department, Hygeia and Mitera Hospitals, Athens, Greece

    John A. Andreou

  3. Medical Oncologist, Head, Medical Oncology Department, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Paris A. Kosmidis

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Prassopoulos, P.K., Courcoutsakis, N.A., Tentes, A.K. (2018). Imaging of Peritoneal Cavity Carcinoma. In: Gouliamos, A., Andreou, J., Kosmidis, P. (eds) Imaging in Clinical Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68873-2_58

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