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Fig. 13

From: Primary and secondary tumors of the peritoneum: key imaging features and differential diagnosis with surgical and pathological correlation

Fig. 13

Peritoneal carcinomatosis originating from a colonic adenocarcinoma. a Axial CT image shows the primary neoplasm presenting as a segmental and concentric thickening of the colonic wall (red arrows). b, c Axial and coronal CT images show a typical omental-cake appearance with stranding and nodularity of the omental fat (white arrows) and mild ascites. d Surgical specimen of the omentectomy shows diffuse nodular infiltration of the adipose tissue that correlates with the omental-cake appearance seen on CT. e, f H&E stain photomicrographs show fibroadipose tissue with focal infiltration by moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (yellow arrows)

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