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appendiceal mucinous adenocarcinoma
Monday 1 October 2007
Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms may rupture and seed the peritoneum with bland neoplastic mucinous epithelium resulting, when grossly evident, in the well-known process pseudomyxoma peritonei.
Differential diagnosis
ruptured appendiceal diverticula (19623035)
References
Hristov AC, Young RH, Vang R, Yemelyanova AV, Seidman JD, Ronnett BM. Ovarian Metastases of Appendiceal Tumors With Goblet Cell Carcinoidlike and Signet Ring Cell Patterns: A Report of 30 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Oct;31(10):1502-1511. PMID: 17895750
