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'''Primary tumours''' are rare: [[Mesothelioma]], [[Lipoma]].

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'''Secondary tumours''' are uncommon.

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'''Primary tumours''' are rare:

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*[[Mesothelioma]]

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*[[Lipoma]]

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'''Secondary tumours''' are uncommon:

*Transcoelomic spread, direct implantation

*Ovarian, bile duct carcinomas, [[Carcinoma#Pancreatic|pancreatic]] and intestinal adenocarcinomas, gastric squamous cell carcinomas or any other abdominal neoplasia

*Widespread metastases on [[Peritoneal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|peritoneum]] = carcinosis

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==Secondary tumours==

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*Uncommon

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*Transcoelomic spread, direct implantation

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*Ovarian, bile duct carcinomas, [[Carcinoma#Pancreatic|pancreatic]] and intestinal adenocarcinomas, gastric squamous cell carcinomas or any other abdominal neoplasia

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*Widespread metastases on [[Peritoneal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|peritoneum]] = carcinosis

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*'''Carcinomas'''

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[[Carcinoma]]

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**[http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Image&imgID=11314 Image of carcinoma in a cow's peritoneum from Cornell Veterinary Medicine]

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**Must be differentiated from mesotheliomas

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**More common than sarcomas

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**Sometimes very scirrhous

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**May resemble chronic [[~~Peritonitis - Pathology|peritonitis~~]] ~~when present with ascites~~

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**Absence of adhesions

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