Pseudomyxoma peritonei ultrasound
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Abdominal ultrasound scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei. Finding on ultrasound scan suggestive of pseudomyxoma peritonei are echogenic peritoneal masses or ascites with echogenic particles which do not move.
Ultrasound
On abdominal ultrasound, pseudomyxoma peritonei is characterized by:[1]
- Echogenic peritoneal masses or ascites with echogenic, immobile particles (unlike other forms of particulate ascites such as haemoperitoneum or pus in the peritoneum)
- Medial displacement of the small intestinal loops
- U/S may also illustrate scalloping of the liver or spleen
References
- ↑ Pseudomyxoma peritonei. Radiopaedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/pseudomyxoma-peritonei. Accessed on 19 November,2015.