Medicine:Peritoneal washing
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Short description: Surgical diagnostic procedure
Micrograph of peritoneal washing (benign mesothelial cells)
Peritoneal washing is a procedure used to look for malignant cells, i.e. cancer, in the peritoneum.
Peritoneal washes are routinely done to stage abdominal and pelvic tumours,[1] e.g. ovarian cancer.
See also
- Peritoneal lavage
Additional images
Benign mesothelium
Serous carcinoma
References
- ↑ Fadare, O.; Mariappan, MR.; Wang, S.; Hileeto, D.; McAlpine, J.; Rimm, DL. (Jun 2004). "The histologic subtype of ovarian tumors affects the detection rate by pelvic washings.". Cancer 102 (3): 150–6. doi:10.1002/cncr.20239. PMID 15211473.
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