Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Question 1

Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Answer 1

Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare mucinous tumour most commonly arising from the appendix. The disease is characterised by the accumulation of large amounts of mucinous material in the abdominal cavity. It is rare, with an incidence of 1-2/1,000,000 per year

Treatment
usually surgical and consists of cytoreductive surgery (and often peritonectomy) combined with intra-peritoneal chemotherapy with mitomycin C.

Question 2

Pseudomyxoma Peritonei - CT Findings

Answer 2

SEE PASSMED CT PSEUDOMYXOMA

CT of the abdomen from a female patient with pseudomyxoma peritonei. There are multiple low attenuating lesions scalloping the liver margin, some of which are highly calcified, characteristic of pseudomyxoma peritonei. There is also moderate ascites