Proximal Margin: Free.
Distal Margin: Free.
Colonic mass with intestinal obstruction.
Lt. hemicolectomy specimen 43 cm, long. On opening it shows an infiltrative mass 8x5.5x5 cm with firm greyish white cut section, invading colonic wall and not reaching pericolic fat. The tumor is located 12 cm and 23 cm from margins of excision. Dissected regional lymph nodes range in size from 0.2-1x0.5 cm, soft. Attached omental tissue 27x18 cm, grossly unremarkable. Submitted separately, spleen measures 9.5x7x2.5 cm showing brownish cut section, negative for focal lesions.
Colonic mass, Lt hemicolectomy, omentectomy and splenectomy: