Peritoneal washing

{{Short description|Surgical diagnostic procedure}}

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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,{{Cite journal | last1 = Fadare | first1 = O. | last2 = Mariappan | first2 = MR. | last3 = Wang | first3 = S. | last4 = Hileeto | first4 = D. | last5 = McAlpine | first5 = J. | last6 = Rimm | first6 = DL. | title = The histologic subtype of ovarian tumors affects the detection rate by pelvic washings. | journal = Cancer | volume = 102 | issue = 3 | pages = 150–6 |date=Jun 2004 | doi = 10.1002/cncr.20239 | pmid = 15211473 | doi-access = }}

e.g. ovarian cancer.