Intraabdominal calcification in treated disseminated carcinoma of the ovary

Menuck, L.

Obstetrics and Gynecology 49(1 Suppl): 56-58

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844
PMID: 831180
Document Number: 121639
The presence of diffuse abdominal calcification in patients with known carcinoma is usually a sign of metastatic involvement. This finding in some patients who have been treated with high dosage radiation therapy may represent areas of tumor necrosis and subsequent healing without evidence of active malignancy.

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