Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Introduction: Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Description of Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (medical condition): A rare type of cancer where mucous-producing cancer cells in the abdomen...more »

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Pseudomyxoma peritonei: 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).
Source: MeSH 2007

Pseudomyxoma peritonei: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Pseudomyxoma peritonei:

• Pseudomyxoma
• Mucinous
• Material
• Peritoneal
• Peritoneal diseases
• Cavity (91 causes)
• Malignant
• Cystic
• Neoplasms (16 causes)
• Ovary

Pseudomyxoma peritonei: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Pseudomyxoma peritonei is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Pseudomyxoma peritonei, or a subtype of Pseudomyxoma peritonei, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Pseudomyxoma peritonei as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Pseudomyxoma peritonei as a Disease

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (medical condition): See Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (disease information).
  »Introduction: Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
  »Symptoms of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Pseudomyxoma peritonei: Related Diseases

Pseudomyxoma peritonei: Pseudomyxoma peritonei is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Cancer
• Abdominal conditions
• Gastrointestinal tumors
• Digestive conditions
• Mucus membrane conditions

More information on medical condition: Pseudomyxoma Peritonei:

• Information about Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
• Basic Summary for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
• Symptoms of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Pseudomyxoma peritonei: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Pseudomyxoma peritonei:

• appendiceal carcinoma
• peritoneal carcinoma
• hernia repair
• mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
• mucinous cancers

Terms associated with Pseudomyxoma peritonei:

Terms Similar to Pseudomyxoma peritonei:

• PMP
• Syndrome of pseudomyxoma peritonei

Source - NIH

• Ascites, Gelatinous

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Pseudomyxoma peritonei

• Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Pseudomyxoma peritonei

The following list attempts to classify Pseudomyxoma peritonei into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms by Histologic Type
    • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
      • Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous
        • Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

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• Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

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