pseudomyxoma /pseu·do·myx·o·ma/ (-mik-so´mah)
pseudomyxoma peritonei,
pseudomyxoma peritonei
1. a mass of epithelial mucus resembling a myxoma.
2. p. peritonei.
pseudomyxoma peritone´i the presence in the peritoneal cavity of mucoid matter from a ruptured ovarian cyst or a ruptured mucocele of the appendix.
pseudomyxoma per·i·to·ne·i (p r  -tn-   )n. The accumulation of mucoid or mucinous material in the peritoneal cavity, either as a result of rupture of a mucocele of the appendix or of rupture of a benign or malignant cystic neoplasm of the ovary. |
pseudomyxoma peritonei,
the presence in the peritoneal cavity of mucoid matter from a ruptured ovarian cyst or a ruptured mucocele of the appendix.
pseudomyxoma
a mass of epithelial mucus resembling a myxoma.
pseudomyxoma peritonei
the presence in the peritoneal cavity of mucoid material from a ruptured ovarian cyst or a ruptured mucocele.
pseudomyxoma peritonei
A rare condition characterized by poorly-circumscribed gelatinous masses filled with malignant mucin-secreting cells; 45% of PPs arise from the ovary, usually in a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma; 30% are due to
mucin-producing CA of the appendix Prognosis Mucinous ovarian cystadenocarcinomas of uncertain malignant potential–'borderline' tumors have a 10-yr survival of 95%; ovarian cystadenocarcinomas with pseudomyxoma have a 10-yr
survival of 40%
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