"Pseudomyxoma Peritonei" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition characterized by poorly-circumscribed gelatinous masses filled with malignant mucin-secreting cells. Forty-five percent of pseudomyxomas arise from the ovary, usually in a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma (CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS), which has prognostic significance. Pseudomyxoma peritonei must be differentiated from mucinous spillage into the peritoneum by a benign mucocele of the appendix. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D011553
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.470.590.782
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| Concept/Terms |
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei- Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
- Gelatinous Ascites
- Syndrome of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
- Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Syndrome
- Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Syndromes
- Ascites, Gelatinous
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