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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, 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 .
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