Rubin's Appendix and Peritoneum Flashcards
“infammation of the appendix that may become transmural and lead to perforation and peritonitis”
Appendicitis
“dilated mucous filled appendix”
mucocele
What are the two types of mucocele?
Mucinous cystadenoma
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
“seeding of the peritoneum by mucus secreting tumor cells adter perforation”
Psuedomyxoma peritonei
Most common cause of bacterial peritonitis?
Perforation of an abdominal viscus
“peritoneal infecito lacking a clear precipitating circumstance”
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Causes of chemical peritonitis?
Bile, HCl, Hemorrhage, acute pancreatitis, foreign materials, leakage of urine
“AD mutation that leads to peritonitis and amyloidosis and recurrent episodes of aseptic peritonitis with fever and ABD pain”
Familial Paroxysmal Polyserositis
What are the neoplasms of the peritoneum (4)?
Mesenteric and omenal cysts
Meotheliomas
Primary periteneal carcinoma
Metastatic carcinoma
Which neoplasms met to the peritoneum?
ovarian, gastric pancreatic
