Induced pueumoperitoneum in CT evaluation of peritoneal carcinomatosis
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Abdominal Radiology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 52-55
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00199645
Abstract
Imaging of peritoneal carcinomatosis is a well-known problem even for technologies as recent as computed tomography (CT). The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether CT performed after induced pneumoperitoneum (CT-PP) could have a higher sensitivity in the detection of peritoneal implants over conventional CT.Keywords
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