(Pathology) pathol a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area. Also called: carcinosis
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To the investigators' surprise, a host of potential causes--among them, the number of previous bevacizumab (Avastin) regimens, carcinomatosis, bowel involvement on CT scan, and history of small bowel obstruction--produced no significant associations with bowel complications.
The phenomenon usually affects women who had ovarian cancer and is most common after laparoscopy with findings of ascites, carcinomatosis, or persistent disease (in the case of second-look laparoscopy performed after completion of primary therapy for ovarian cancer).
This is also known as meningeal carcinomatosis, and can be caused by primary neuro ectodermal tumours such as neuroblastoma, tumours of the haemopoietic system such as lymphoma, or solid tumours metastasizing to the leptomeninges (e.g.
Common underlying causes include GI stretch due to constipation or bowel obstruction, mucosal irritation due to thrush, and peritoneal carcinomatosis or other external causes of nerve irritation.
Two of the patients recruited had initially resectable liver metastases and one had a non-confirmed pleural carcinomatosis, all of which became non-resectable after chemoradiation therapy.
Metastatic foci of the tumor were present along some of the serosal surfaces of the viscera (carcinomatosis), especially adjacent to the spleen and the adrenal gland.
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