Open AccessMUCINOUS ASCITES SECONDARY TO PERITONEAL PSEUDOMYXOMA OF UNCERTAIN ORIGIN
Author(s) -
Leire Parapar Álvarez,
María Jesús Barragán González,
Manuel Crespo Sánchez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7165/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , ascites , pseudomyxoma peritonei , paracentesis , radiology , ascitic fluid , pathology , appendix , paleontology , biology
Peritoneal pseudomyxoma (PP) is a rare malignant tumor, which is characterized by the presence of mucinous ascites. Abdominal ultrasound as the first diagnostic method of this entity allows the visualization of ascites on the one hand and its analysis through a diagnostic paracentesis on the other.