Severely Calcified Peritoneal Metastases Masquerading As Retained Barium on CT Scan.

A 50-year-old woman presented with non-specific abdominal pain. On examination, there was a firm palpable abdominal lump. A CT of the abdomen demonstrated a large nodular high attenuation poorly marginated intraperitoneal mass. The initial impression was that the patient might have had a recent barium examination. As there was no such history, closer inspection of the CT scan with multiformat reconstruction (figures 1⇓⇓–4) confirmed that the high-attenuation mass was, in fact, …