• The sensitivity of the test results depends on the ability to completely lavage all regions of the peritoneal cavity and to detect cancer cells being shed into the peritoneal cavity by the tumor. (medscape.com)
  • Endometriosis is a common benign and chronic inflammatory gynaecological disease due to functional endometrial glands and stroma in an ectopic location outside the uterine cavity [ 1 ]. (polradiol.com)
  • This drawback is explained by immunological theory, which states that normally refluxed menstrual endometrium is cleared from the peritoneal cavity by macrophages, natural killer cells, and lymphocytes preventing endometriosis in most cases. (polradiol.com)
  • However, there is reduced immunological clearance of refluxed endometrium from the peritoneal cavity, causing endometriosis in some women with immune system dysfunction. (polradiol.com)
  • Primary peritoneal carcinoma usually manifests as abdominal distention and diffuse nonspecific abdominal pain secondary to ascites. (medscape.com)
  • A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by inhalation of dust and by tissue reaction to their presence. (lookformedical.com)
  • These symptoms are shared by pathologies of other abdominal organs and it is therefore very difficult to identify mesenteric lesions clinically. (sajr.org.za)
  • Scalloping of the peritoneum or direct invasion of adjacent abdominal organs may also be seen. (medscape.com)
  • CT plays an essential role in the diagnosis of mesenteric disease. (sajr.org.za)
  • Some mesenteric diseases present with distinctive imaging findings while others have similar findings, thereby complicating their differential diagnosis. (sajr.org.za)
  • OS was calculated from the date of diagnosis of peritoneal metastases till death. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • This article, besides being a general presentation of Whipple disease, focuses on both the neurologic manifestations and specifics of diagnosis and treatment of Whipple disease with symptomatic CNS involvement (CNS-WD). (medscape.com)
  • 1949: Black-Schaffer advanced the diagnosis, proved the systemic nature of this disease, and raised the suspicion of an infectious cause for Whipple disease. (medscape.com)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an excellent non-invasive modality that helps in non-invasive diagnosis, with excellent delineation of the disease extent, and thus provides a presurgical mapping of the disease, which is helpful for the operating surgeon [ 6 ]. (polradiol.com)
  • Open abdominal exploration and palpation are extremely sensitive for 1- to 2-mm peritoneal nodules. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with a long history of recurrent abdominal pain and who on imaging were found to have a diffusely thickened gall bladder wall, with cholelithiasis, choledocholithiasis and submucosal hypoattenuated nodules were likely to have XGC while those with anorexia,weight loss,focal thickening of the gallbladder wall on imaging and dense local organ infiltration were more likely to have GBC. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • The hallmark of the pathologic report was the marked infiltration by foamy macrophages of joints and aortic valves, and prominent deposits of fat within intestinal mucosa and mesenteric lymph nodes, which made Whipple consider this case an obscure disease of fat metabolism and propose the name intestinal lipodystrophy. (medscape.com)
  • He identified periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-staining granules, most likely representing degenerating bacterial forms, within macrophages isolated from the small bowel as well as other tissue and fluid specimens (eg, pericardium, endocardium, lymph nodes, synovia, lung, brain, meninges) obtained from patients in whom Whipple disease was suspected. (medscape.com)
  • 1961: Electron microscopy (EM) studies by Yardley et al provided more evidence for an infectious cause of Whipple disease by finding bacillary bodies within membrane-bound vesicles in the cytoplasm of macrophages. (medscape.com)
  • CT findings in patients with malignant peritoneal mesotheliomas range from peritoneum-based masses (a so-called "dry" appearance) to ascites, irregular or nodular peritoneal thickening, and an omental mass (a so-called "wet" appearance). (medscape.com)
  • Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) provide prolonged survival in selected patients with colorectal (CLR) peritoneal carcinomatosis. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • We performed a retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database of 34 patients who underwent CRS and HIPEC and 21 patients who underwent PC for CLR peritoneal carcinomatosis, at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), from Jan 2008 to Dec 2013. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • CRS and HIPEC confer prolonged survival compared to PC in patients with CLR peritoneal carcinomatosis. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • Patients treated with palliative chemotherapy suffer significant morbidity from disease progression that disrupts chemotherapy and results in significantly longer hospitalization. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • However, a subgroup of patients presents a clinically aggressive course with disease progression despite receiving treatment. (rare-cancer.org)
  • 60.0% due to complications of peritoneal disease, most commonly intestinal obstruction (I/O). 14.3% required emergency surgery for I/O and 23.8% required abdominal cope loop and ureteric stent insertion. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • A pelvic imaging study, if there is clinical suspicion of peritoneal carcinoma. (medscape.com)
  • Despite the slowly progressive course of most cases of Whipple disease, CNS-WD may have a fulminant course, and manifest isolated CNS-WD cases have been reported in the literature. (medscape.com)
  • Angiosarcomas are insidious, and they may not produce symptoms until the disease is well advanced. (medscape.com)
  • 1952: Paulley was first to report a case of a patient with histologically proven Whipple disease whose symptoms responded to chloramphenicol. (medscape.com)
  • Peritoneal carcinomas are divided into primary and secondary peritoneal tumors. (medscape.com)
  • Secondary peritoneal carcinomas usually invade locally or metastasize into the peritoneum from adjacent or remote organs. (medscape.com)
  • Secondary outcomes of frequency of chemotherapy disruptions, need for invasive interventions, and duration of hospitalization for complications of peritoneal disease were evaluated. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • On CT, it appears as a well-defined or ill-defined mass showing heterogenous enhancement usually in the portal venous phase and it may infiltrate the adjacent organs. (sajr.org.za)
  • They demonstrate various contrast enhancement patterns including early peripheral enhancement because of vascular tissue ( Figure 1 ), delayed central enhancement of the fibrotic components, heterogenous, homogenous and absent enhancement. (sajr.org.za)
  • If the chest is to be studied, images are obtained in the arterial phase of contrast enhancement, followed by a pause sufficiently long to image the abdomen and pelvis in the late arterial or early portal venous phase. (radiologykey.com)
  • The management of peritoneal carcinoma is similar to that of epithelial cancers of ovarian and fallopian tube, due to similar clinical characteristics. (medscape.com)
  • Although primary neoplasms arising in the mesentery are rare, the mesentery is a major avenue for the dissemination of tumours, which can spread through hematogenous, lymphatic, direct or peritoneal seeding. (sajr.org.za)
  • Direct visualization of the peritoneal surfaces along with palpation of the abdominal contents is by far the most sensitive modality for detecting peritoneal cancer. (medscape.com)
  • Women with higher risk of ovarian cancer also have increased risk of peritoneal cancer. (medscape.com)
  • Whipple disease bacillus has a characteristic trilamellar appearance on EM. (medscape.com)
  • Evaluation of the mesentery is often neglected during routine ultrasound (US) because of inadequate training and unfamiliarity with the common US features encountered with mesenteric disease. (sajr.org.za)
  • Angiosarcomas arising at different sites and in different organs have some distinct features. (medscape.com)
  • In most cases of scrotal disease, the combination of clinical history, physical examination, and information obtained with ultrasonography is sufficient for diagnostic decision-making. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • Primary peritoneal carcinoma usually manifests as abdominal distention and diffuse nonspecific abdominal pain secondary to ascites. (medscape.com)
  • Direct visualization of the peritoneal surfaces along with palpation of the abdominal contents is by far the most sensitive modality for detecting peritoneal cancer. (medscape.com)
  • Open abdominal exploration and palpation are extremely sensitive for 1- to 2-mm peritoneal nodules. (medscape.com)
  • Scalloping of the peritoneum or direct invasion of adjacent abdominal organs may also be seen. (medscape.com)
  • In the category of infectious diseases, a diagnosis of focal abdominal, thoracic, or soft-tissue infection, as well as chronic osteomyelitis, can be made with a high degree of certainty. (snmjournals.org)
  • In patients with noninfectious inflammatory diseases, 18 F-FDG PET is of importance in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis and seems to be useful in the visualization of other diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, sarcoidosis, and painless subacute thyroiditis. (snmjournals.org)
  • In patients with tumor fever, diseases commonly detected by 18 F-FDG PET include Hodgkin's disease and aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma but also colorectal cancer and sarcoma. (snmjournals.org)
  • Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans are cutaneous soft tissue sarcomas that clinically present as plaquelike areas of cutaneous thickening that are usually fixed to the dermis but are freely mobile over deeper soft tissues. (medscape.com)
  • These are defined as pulmonary abnormalities occurring in the postoperative period which produce clinically significant identifiable diseases or dysfunction that adversely affect the patient's clinical course[1]. (journalmedicalthesis.com)
  • However, a subgroup of patients presents a clinically aggressive course with disease progression despite receiving treatment. (rare-cancer.org)
  • Primary peritoneal carcinomas originate from the cells lining the peritoneum. (medscape.com)
  • Secondary peritoneal carcinomas usually invade locally or metastasize into the peritoneum from adjacent or remote organs. (medscape.com)
  • CT findings in patients with malignant peritoneal mesotheliomas range from peritoneum-based masses (a so-called "dry" appearance) to ascites, irregular or nodular peritoneal thickening, and an omental mass (a so-called "wet" appearance). (medscape.com)
  • acquired immune deficiency syndrome , acquired immunodeficiency syndrome an epidemic, transmissible retroviral disease caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, manifested in severe cases as profound depression of cell-mediated immunity, and affecting certain recognized risk groups. (topgrowupclinic.eu)
  • 18 F-FDG accumulates in malignant tissues but also at the sites of infection and inflammation and in autoimmune and granulomatous diseases by the overexpression of distinct facultative glucose transporter (GLUT) isotypes (mainly GLUT-1 and GLUT-3) and by an overproduction of glycolytic enzymes in cancer cells and inflammatory cells. (snmjournals.org)
  • A pelvic imaging study, if there is clinical suspicion of peritoneal carcinoma. (medscape.com)
  • The management of peritoneal carcinoma is similar to that of epithelial cancers of ovarian and fallopian tube, due to similar clinical characteristics. (medscape.com)
  • Epithelial cancers of ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal origin are known as epithelial ovarian cancer in clinical practice. (medscape.com)
  • In most cases of scrotal disease, the combination of clinical history, physical examination, and information obtained with ultrasonography is sufficient for diagnostic decision-making. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • Hypertrophic osteodystrophy is a bone disease in rapidly growing large breed dogs. (drvikram.com)
  • Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is an uncommon disease in the majority of the world despite being the most common and aggressive malignancy of the biliary tree. (hindawi.com)
  • The 3 major categories that account for most FUOs are infections, malignancies, and noninfectious inflammatory diseases. (snmjournals.org)
  • The diseases underlying FUO are numerous, and infections account for 13%-43% of them. (snmjournals.org)
  • But certain authors and ayurvedic physicians have mentioned the usage of certain herbal formulations in the management of certain diseases of the animals/dogs. (drvikram.com)