Category:Peritoneal Cavity - Neoplastic Pathology
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Primary tumours are rare: Mesothelioma, Lipoma. Secondary tumours are uncommon.
- Transcoelomic spread, direct implantation
- Ovarian, bile duct carcinomas, pancreatic and intestinal adenocarcinomas, gastric squamous cell carcinomas or any other abdominal neoplasia
- Widespread metastases on peritoneum = carcinosis
Secondary tumours
- Uncommon
- Transcoelomic spread, direct implantation
- Ovarian, bile duct carcinomas, pancreatic and intestinal adenocarcinomas, gastric squamous cell carcinomas or any other abdominal neoplasia
- Widespread metastases on peritoneum = carcinosis
- Carcinomas
- Image of carcinoma in a cow's peritoneum from Cornell Veterinary Medicine
- Must be differentiated from mesotheliomas
- More common than sarcomas
- Sometimes very scirrhous
- May resemble chronic peritonitis when present with ascites
- Absence of adhesions
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