Abdominal plexiform neurofibromatosis simulating pseudomyxoma peritonei on computed tomography
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Culture and Imaging of Ex Vivo Organotypic Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Tumor Slices from Resected Human Tumor Specimens
Published on: December 9, 2022
D R Mirich1, R R Gray, H Grosman
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Wellesley Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
We present and discuss an unusual case of extensive abdominal plexiform neurofibromatosis that simulated pseudomyxoma peritonei on CT. Multiple low density subdiaphragmatic masses caused scalloped liver margins and thickening of the mantle, which displaced bowel loops centrally, suggesting the diagnosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei. However, open biopsy revealed plexiform neurofibromatosis.

