Gastrointestinal pathology: Peritoneum: Adenocarcinoma colon: Coelomic spread

An 1861 autopsy specimen from a 32 year old woman admitted for enlargement of the abdomen. She died a week after her admission. At autopsy a mucinous tumour was found in the...

01 September 2011

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Coelomic spread of carcinoma of the colon

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An 1861 autopsy specimen from a 32 year old woman admitted for enlargement of the abdomen. She died a week after her admission. At autopsy a mucinous tumour was found in the ascending colon and there were numerous secondary deposits in the omentum, mesentery and lymphatic glands.