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Surgical diagnostic procedure
Micrograph of peritoneal washing (benign
mesothelial cells)
Peritoneal washing is a procedure used to look for
malignant
cells, i.e.
cancer, in the
peritoneum.
Peritoneal washes are routinely done to stage
abdominal and
pelvic tumours,
[1] e.g.
ovarian cancer.
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^ Fadare, O.; Mariappan, MR.; Wang, S.; Hileeto, D.; McAlpine, J.; Rimm, DL. (Jun 2004). "The histologic subtype of ovarian tumors affects the detection rate by pelvic washings". Cancer. 102 (3): 150–6.
doi:
10.1002/cncr.20239.
PMID
15211473.