title: A rare tumor revealed by abdominal trauma: case presentation.
abstract: Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare and poorly understood form of disease characterized by mucin deposits in the peritoneum. The term includes a broad range of neoplasms with different patterns of evolution, from benign to borderline or even to malignant lesions. The disease may be asymptomatic until advanced stages. We present the case of a 65-year-old patient who presented for pain in the right hemiabdomen, after a trauma by falling from small height. Abdominal imaging studies oriented the diagnosis to a traumatic disease. At laparotomy, a mucinous tumor attached to the right colon was discovered. The main particularity of the case is that the origin of the pseudomyxoma could not be identified.
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinic of Internal Medicine, Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; camiluciemi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Camelia Cristina
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Diaconu
authors.forename: Dorel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arsene
authors.forename: Alice Lavinia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bălăceanu
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartoş
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000071616:CDX2 Transcription Factor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D055262:Mucin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D011553:Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000071616:CDX2 Transcription Factor; C491270:CDX2 protein, human; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D055262:Mucin-2