
ALIMENTARY
SYSTEM
Fig. 4.83
Fig. 4.82 Adenocarcinoma
of the
ileum.
F/63.
The
patient
had
had
recurrent attacks
of
abdominal pain
and
finally came
to
laparotomy because
of
acute intestinal obstruction.
The
obstruction
was
caused
by the
lodging
of a
large fruit seed
at
the
site
of
partial obstruction caused
by the
carcinoma. Intestinal
obstruction occurs later
in
small bowel carcinomas than
in
large
bowel carcinomas, because
the
bowel contents
are
more liquid
in
the
small intestine.
Fig. 4.83 Secondary
melanoma
in the
small
intestine.
M/51. This
had
resulted
in
intestinal obstruction. This
manifestation
of
disseminated melanoma
is
seen
fairly
frequently
in
communities
in
which malignant melanoma
is a
common
tumour.
Fig. 4.84 Leiomyosarcoma
of the
small
intestine.
M/55.
The
patient presented with intestinal obstruction.
The
tumour
is
large, cystic,
and
partially necrotic.
Fig. 4.85
Acute
peritonitis
associated
with
appendicitis.
F/18 months. Peritonitis complicates appendicitis more
frequently
in
children than
in
adults, because
in
adults
the
greater
omentum
is
more likely
to
seal
off an
acutely inflamed
appendix.
The
thin, greenish
pus can be
seen
in the
lower skin
flap.
Fig. 4.86
Normal
appendix.
Fig. 4.87
Acute
appendicitis.
M/18.
The
appendix
is
dilated
and its
serosal surface
is
reddened
and
covered
by a
fibrinopurulent exudate.
Fig. 4.84
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