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Conventional distinction between intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal sites is often helpful in differential diagnostic considerations. Yet it should be understood that the abdomen and pelvis constitute an anatomic continuum that is punctuated by the mesenteries, ligaments, and fasciae, which may either confine pathology or actually provide avenues for disease spread.
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Meyers, M.A., Charnsangavej, C., Oliphant, M. (2010). Clinical Embryology of the Abdomen. In: Meyers' Dynamic Radiology of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5939-3_2
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