Thin-walled cysts as a pathognomonic CT finding in cystic mesothelioma.

Aim: Cystic mesothelioma is a rare disease that results in abdominal distention and poorly defined abdominal pain. Diagnosis has always been made by tissue biopsy rather than by radiologic studies.

Materials And Methods: Our experience with 7 patients with cystic mesothelioma includes 4 patients who had not had prior surgery before the performance of a high resolution CT scan.

Prognostic indicators for patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy for diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.

Background: This study evaluates clinical, radiological and histopathological prognostic indicators for survival of patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy for diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM).

Methods: Sixty-two consecutive patients with DMPM underwent cytoreduction and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy at the Washington Cancer Institute. Twenty-six clinical, radiological and histopathological parameters were analyzed in univariate and multivariate analyses using overall survival as an endpoint.

Computed tomographic characterization of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.

Aims And Background: Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare disease with a universally fatal outcome when managed in a traditional palliative manner. New approaches to treatment using cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy suggest that long-term survival is possible in selected patients. Early recognition of this disease process with an orderly surgical approach will begin to optimize treatment.