Fig. 1
From: Histopathologic tumor spreading in primary ovarian cancer with modified posterior exenteration
Surgical specimen of a posterior exenteration with the left pelvic side wall resection. a Ventral view of an en bloc resection specimen of the pelvic side wall tissue together with the uterus, adnexa, rectosigmoid, and ileum. The specimen included intact parietal pelvis tissue around the tumor spreading in the deep retroperitoneal space (arrowheads). b Cut surface of the specimen. Tumor infiltration into the mucosa of the rectal wall can be seen (white arrows). The framed rectangle corresponds to the area shown in Fig. 1c. c Histopathologic section of the specimen showed tumor infiltration into the skeletal muscle (hematoxylin and eosin staining, ×20)