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Peritoneal mesothelioma: hypertrophic gastroepiploic and omental arteries identified by radioimmune angiography

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We report a first case of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma examined by radioimmune (RI) angiography with technetium-99m human serum albumin. The RI angiography clearly demonstrated the characteristic findings including hypertrophic gastroepiploic arteries and dilated omental branches. These findings may be very helpful in distinguishing malignant peritoneal mesotheliomas from peritoneal carcinomatosis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, National Tousei Hospital, 762-1 Nagasawa, Shimizu-cho, Sunto-gun, 411, Shizuoka, Japan

    Tomoaki Ichikawa, Akihiro Koyama & Mitsuo Honma

  2. Department of Surgery, National Tousei Hospital, 762-1 Nagasawa, Shimizu-cho, Sunto-gun, 411, Shizuoka, Japan

    Nagaki Matsubara, Toshio Saiga & Yutaka Ozeki

  3. Department of Radiology, Numazu City Hospital, 550 Harunoki, Higashishiiji, Numazu-shi, 410, Shizuoka, Japan

    Hajime Fujimoto

  4. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba-shi, 280, Chiba, Japan

    Noboru Arimizu

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Ichikawa, T., Koyama, A., Fujimoto, H. et al. Peritoneal mesothelioma: hypertrophic gastroepiploic and omental arteries identified by radioimmune angiography. Eur J Nucl Med 19, 371–374 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177060

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