3/25/07

Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Ruptured mucocele with foreign body peritonitis
Male: cystadenocarcinoma of appendix
Female: cystadenocarcinoma of ovary

*Thickening of peritoneal + omental sufaces
*Omental cake
*Posterior fixation of bowel loops and mesentery
*Voluminous septated/loculated pseudoascites
*Several thin-walled cystic masses of different size throughout abdominal cavity
*Scalloped contour of liver and splenic margins
Annular / semicircular calcifications

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