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Mechanisms of Spread of Disease in the Abdomen and Pelvis

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The perspective afforded by the holistic paradigm forms the basis for a comprehensive understanding to visualize the abdomen and pelvis as a single space, the subperitoneal space. The subperitoneal space lies beneath the peritoneal lining and consists of the extraperitoneum, the mesenteries and ligaments of the abdomen and pelvis, and the suspended abdominal and pelvic organs.

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  1. State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8460, USA

    Morton A. Meyers MD, FACR, FACG (Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Medicine, Distinguished University Professor)

  2. The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Chusilp Charnsangavej MD, FSIR (Professor of Radiology, Robert D. Moreton Distinguished, Chair in Diagnostic Radiology)

  3. Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1088, USA

    Michael Oliphant MD, FACR (Professor of Radiology)

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Meyers, M.A., Charnsangavej, C., Oliphant, M. (2010). Mechanisms of Spread of Disease in the Abdomen and Pelvis. In: Meyers' Dynamic Radiology of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5939-3_4

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