Multicystic Mesothelioma of the Peritoneum
Liem T. Bui-Mansfield1,
Gina Kim-Ahn2 and
Larry K. O'Bryant3
1
Department of Radiology, Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point, NY
10996-1197; Division of Radiologic Sciences, Department of Radiology, Wake
Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC
27157-1088; and Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed
Services University of Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD
20814-4799.
2
Department of Radiology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Bldg. 9040, Fitzsimmons
Dr., Tacoma, WA 98431-0001.
3
Department of Pathology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
98431-0001.

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Fig. 1A. Multicystic mesothelioma of peritoneum in 44-year-old woman.
Pelvic sonogram shows mixed solid and complex multilocular cystic mass. Fine
septations are seen within cystic component.
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Fig. 1B. Multicystic mesothelioma of peritoneum in 44-year-old woman.
Axial T2-weighted MR image shows complex cystic mass (arrows)
adhering to uterine fundus. Fine septations are visible in cystic
component.
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Fig. 1C. Multicystic mesothelioma of peritoneum in 44-year-old woman.
Photograph of hysterectomy specimen shows irregular, multilocular cystic mass
(M) attached to uterine fundus (U).
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Fig. 1D. Multicystic mesothelioma of peritoneum in 44-year-old woman.
Photomicrograph of specimen shown in C shows multiple mesothelium-lined
cysts surrounded by fibrovascular stroma with adenomatoid changes. (H and E,
x10)
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