title: [Peritoneal pseudomyxoma].
abstract: The authors report a case of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PP) which was referred to their attention. PP is a rare pathology which is manifested by an autonomous growth of amorphous mucous material in the peritoneal cavity and serosa. PP may be caused by the perforation of a "mucinous cystoadenoma" with secretion of cellular material capable of implanting itself and spreading throughout the peritoneal cavity, or the presence of a mucocele of the appendix, or lastly the possibility of the intrabdominal transformation of the peritoneal mesothelium into mucin-secreting tissue.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ginecologia Oncologica, Istituto Tumori Regina Elena, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atlante
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carico
mesh_terms: D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011553:Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*