PMID: 7542493Jan 1, 1995Paper

A clinical study on pseudomyxoma peritonei

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
S Y HsiehC S Wu

Abstract

To elucidate the clinical entity of pseudomyxoma peritonei, nine patients (male: female = 6:3) who had been treated in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in the past 13 years were reviewed. The male patients with original appendiceal tumour were older than the male patients with original colon cancer or indefinite tumour (70, 67 and 67 years vs 42, 27 and 50 years). In addition, the former group survived in a disease-free status for 28 months on average, while the latter group died within 2 years. Echogenic ascites and diffuse low-attenuation intra-abdominal masses with scalloping on the surface of liver detected by ultrasonography and by computerized tomography, respectively, were found in most of the patients. Elevation of the serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) during recurrence of the disease was also noted. This series suggested that: (i) the pre-operative diagnosis could be made with careful physical examination in conjunction with sonography or computerized tomography; (ii) the prognosis was better in patients with tumour of appendiceal origin; and (iii) serum CEA might be valuable for early detection of recurrence.

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