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The '''peritoneum''' is a much neglected area, with relatively little [[pathology]].  It includes the omentum which is dealt with in the ''[[omentum]]'' article.
The '''peritoneum''' is a much neglected area, with relatively little [[pathology]].  It includes the omentum which is dealt with in the ''[[omentum]]'' article.


=Benign=
==Peritoneal inclusion cyst==
*[[AKA]] ''benign multicystic mesothelioma''.<ref name=pmid19386139>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vallerie | first1 = AM. | last2 = Lerner | first2 = JP. | last3 = Wright | first3 = JD. | last4 = Baxi | first4 = LV. | title = Peritoneal inclusion cysts: a review. | journal = Obstet Gynecol Surv | volume = 64 | issue = 5 | pages = 321-34 | month = May | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/OGX.0b013e31819f93d4 | PMID = 19386139 }}</ref>
**Should '''not''' be confused with ''[[malignant mesothelioma]]''.
*[[AKA]] ''inflammatory cyst of the peritoneum''.
*[[AKA]] ''[[mesothelial inclusion cyst]]''. (???)
===General===
*Usu. conservative management.
*Serum CA-125 usu. low.
*May occur in men.<ref name=pmid12239771>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cavallaro | first1 = A. | last2 = Murazio | first2 = M. | last3 = Modugno | first3 = P. | last4 = Vona | first4 = A. | last5 = Revelli | first5 = L. | last6 = Potenza | first6 = AE. | last7 = Colli | first7 = R. | title = Benign multicystic mesothelioma of the peritoneum: a case report. | journal = Chir Ital | volume = 54 | issue = 4 | pages = 569-72 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 12239771 }}</ref>
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid19386139/><ref name=pmid18349460>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Levy | first1 = AD. | last2 = Arnáiz | first2 = J. | last3 = Shaw | first3 = JC. | last4 = Sobin | first4 = LH. | title = From the archives of the AFIP: primary peritoneal tumors: imaging features with pathologic correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 28 | issue = 2 | pages = 583-607; quiz 621-2 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1148/rg.282075175 | PMID = 18349460 | URL = http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/28/2/583.full}}</ref>
*Thin-walled, irregular-shaped, cysts - unicystic or multicystic.
**Mesothelial lining.
**Eosinophilic fluid.
Image:
*[http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/28/2/583/F30.expansion.html Multicystic mesothelioma (rsna.org)].
=Malignant=
==Primary peritoneal serous carcinoma==
==Primary peritoneal serous carcinoma==
===General===
===General===
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*Like serous carcinoma elsewhere - see ''[[ovarian serous carcinoma]]''.
*Like serous carcinoma elsewhere - see ''[[ovarian serous carcinoma]]''.


==See also==
=See also=
*[[Omentum]].
*[[Omentum]].
*[[Gynecologic pathology]].
*[[Gynecologic pathology]].
*[[Serous carcinoma]].
*[[Serous carcinoma]].


==References==
=References=
{{Reflist|1}}
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]]
[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]]
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