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. 2020 May 23;3(4):137–140. doi: 10.1002/iju5.12169

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Putative mechanism of development of primary retroperitoneal cystadenocarcinoma in metaplasia of the remnant coelomic epithelium hypothesis; (a) invagination of the coelomic epithelium cells, (b) trapping in the retroperitoneum during embryonic development, (c) transformation from coelomic epithelial remnant to mucinous epithelium, formation of (d) cystadenoma or (e) cystadenocarcinoma.