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Diseases of the Peritoneum

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This chapter addresses the diagnostic dilemmas encountered in everyday practice of surgical pathology regarding diseases affecting the female peritoneum. The disorders covered in this chapter range from inflammatory and nonneoplastic to benign and malignant tumors. Diagnostic considerations for conditions ranging from atypical endometriosis and atypical endosalpingiosis to small blue cell and spindle cell lesions in peritoneal biopsies are discussed. Problems related to differentiation of mesothelioma from benign mesothelial proliferations and carcinoma are addressed. Primary peritoneal carcinoma, secondary cancers in the peritoneum, and pseudomyxoma peritonei are also discussed.

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Abbreviations

AT:

Adenomatoid tumor

BMM:

Benign multicystic mesothelioma

IHC:

Immunohistochemistry

IMT:

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

MH:

Mesothelial hyperplasia

MM:

Malignant mesothelioma

PMP:

Pseudomyxoma peritonei

SP:

Sclerosing peritonitis

WDPM:

Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma

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    Pratibha Sharma Shukla

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    Jorge E. Novo & Jian-Jun Wei

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Shukla, P.S., Novo, J.E., Wei, JJ. (2021). Diseases of the Peritoneum. In: Wei, JJ., Hui, P. (eds) Practical Gynecologic Pathology. Practical Anatomic Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68608-6_12

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