Ces radiol. 2011, 65(4):266-271

Pseudomyxoma peritoneiCase report

Michal Žáčik¹, Tatiana Kacvinská¹, Blanka Pernická¹, Markéta Pospíšková², Jiří Palíšek¹

¹ Oddělení zobrazovacích metod Krajská nemocnice T. Bati Zlín, a.s.

² Onkologické centrum Krajská nemocnice T. Bati Zlín, a.s.

Aim: Pseudomyxoma peritonei is an uncommon semimalignous disease. The aim of our statement is the discussion about the typical finding, the possibilities of treatment and complications.

Method: The recent findings from our workplace illustrate pathological signs of the disease on CT-scan, usual clinical finding, the progression of the disease and the arduous of its treatment. In two of our cases is the cause of pseudomyxoma peritonei mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix, in one low grade mucinous cystadenocarcinoma and in the last case the mucinuos cystadenoma of unknown origin. There has appeared by the first patient a rare complication - intrathoracic implants lesions.

Conclusion: Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a clinical syndrome that is caused by the excessive production of gelatinous ascites cells mucinous cystadenoma or cystadenokarcinoma of different origin, but mostly these are the cases of appendix tumors. The typical morphological found in the imaginig methods determines their important place in the diagnostics, staging and the monitoring of the results of the treatment of pseudomyxoma.

Keywords: appendix, cystadenocarcinoma, cystadenoma, gelatinous ascites, mucocoele, pseudomyxoma peritonei

Accepted: March 15, 2011; Published: December 1, 2011  Show citation