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Peritoneal disease for colon can patient not mentioned on a ct report but letter from onco states peritoneal disease ... confussed ?

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Dr. John To answered

Can be subtle : Did the patient have surgery where the surgeon biopsied the peritoneum ? Peritoneal implants can be very subtle at CT.

Answered 1/5/2019

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