Fig. 3
From: Mucinous colorectal adenocarcinoma: clinical pathology and treatment options
Computer tomography image obtained from a 53-year-old female patient with a mucinous colorectal adenocarcinoma (5.5 × 3.0 × 2.5 cm) located in the transverse colon 55 cm from the anus. No significant enhancement compared with normal muscle in the arterial phase was observed. The patient was diagnosed as mucinous colorectal adenocarcinoma staged T4N2M1 with liver and abdominal metastases. She received 3 cycles of XELOX (capecitabine plus oxaliplatin) chemotherapy, a palliative surgery, 5 cycles of XELOX chemotherapy, and capecitabine maintenance therapy for 5 months till present