Peritoneal washing

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Peritoneal washing is a procedure used to look for malignant cells, i.e. cancer, in the peritoneum.

Micrograph of peritoneal washing (benign mesothelial cells)

Peritoneal washes are routinely done to stage abdominal and pelvic tumours,[1] e.g. ovarian cancer.

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