Tumors of Peritoneum

Abstract Primary peritoneal tumors and tumor-like conditions of secondary mullerian system include various endometrioid, serous, and mucinous lesions. Endometriosis is the most common tumor-like condition resulting in a significant morbidity in women of reproductive years of age. In addition, preneoplastic hyperplasia and carcinomas (clear cell and endometrioid carcinomas) may arise from endometriosis. Primary peritoneal serous carcinoma is a frequent differential diagnosis from that of the ovarian primary. Diffuse involvement of surfaces of various abdominal organs and minimal (<5 mm in size) ovarian parenchymal involvement are diagnostic criteria for a peritoneal serous carcinoma. Various serous and mucinous cytadenomas and borderline tumors may present as extraovarian primaries. Metastatic carcinomas are the most common tumors involving the peritoneum. Gestational trophoblastic tumors primarily involving the peritoneum are extremely rare, including gestational choriocarcinoma and intermediate trophoblastic tumor (PSTT and ETT, see Chap. 8). Access this chapter Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout Purchases are for personal use only Similar content being viewed by others Suggested Reading Clement PB, Young RH. Atlas of Gynecologic Surgical Pathology. 2nd Edition. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 2008. Kurman R. Blaustein’s Pathology of the Female Genital Tract. 5th Edition. Springer, Berlin, 2002. Lin O. Challenges in the interpretation of peritoneal cytologic specimens. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 2009; 133:739–42. Obermair A, et al. Peritoneal cytology: impact on disease-free survival in clinical stage I endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterus. Cancer Lett. 2001; 164:105–10. Patel NP, et al. Cytomorphologic features of primary peritoneal mesothelioma in effusion, washing, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens: examination of 49 cases at one institution, including post-intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy findings. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 2007; 128:414–22. Sadeghi S, Ylagan LR. Pelvic washing cytology in serous borderline tumors of the ovary using ThinPrep: are there cytologic clues to detecting tumor cells? Diagn. Cytopathol. 2004; 30:313–9. Author information Authors and Affiliations Corresponding author Editor information Editors and Affiliations Rights and permissions Copyright information © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC About this chapter Cite this chapter Chhieng, D., Hui, P. (2011). Tumors of Peritoneum. In: Chhieng, D., Hui, P. (eds) Cytology and Surgical Pathology of Gynecologic Neoplasms. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-164-6_12 Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-164-6_12 Published: Publisher Name: Humana Press Print ISBN: 978-1-60761-163-9 Online ISBN: 978-1-60761-164-6 eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)