Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: An Unusual Complication of Ovarian Tumor

Abstract

Pseudomyxoma peritonei, also known as adenomucinosis or jelly-belly, is enlisted as very rare and recurrent clinical condition accidently diagnosed by surgeons during laparotomy and laparoscopy. It is characterized by excessive extracellular mucin accumulation in peritoneal cavity due to leakage of mucin secreting cells from a mucinous tumor of appendix. There is an exception where this condition arises from mucinous tumor of ovary. We present an interesting case where a 40 years old woman presented with an ovarian mass and intraoperatively abdominal cavity was found to be filled with huge mucinous ascites and big ovarian tumor. Surgical debulking was done and the histopathology report demonstrated a well differentiated adenocarcinoma of ovary with mucin deposits in the omentum and a malignant variant of pseudomyxoma peritonei (Peritoneal mucinous carcinomatosis).

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