Gastroenterology Research, ISSN 1918-2805 print, 1918-2813 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 11, Number 3, June 2018, pages 247-251

Cytoreductive Surgery and Normothermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Signet Ring Cell Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma With Peritoneal Metastases in the Setting of Cirrhosis

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Histology of the signet ring cell adenocarcinoma ((a) H&E stain, 100 ×; (c) 40 ×; (b) and (d) 400 ×). (a-b) Signet ring cell carcinoma cells present at in the muscularis mucosae (a) and invading the muscularis propria (b) of the appendix. (c-d) Signet ring cell carcinoma present in the ovary.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Characteristic surface nodularity of cirrhotic liver observed during cytoreductive surgery.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Adenocarcinoma involving pelvic viscera. Intraoperative picture of enlarged left ovary involved by primary appendiceal signet ring cell adenocarcinoma, revealed during exploration of pelvis for cytoreductive surgery.