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Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma history and symptoms
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Symptoms of mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary include mass in the abdomen, increase in abdominal size, bloating, weight loss, shortness of breath, and pain abdomen.
Symptoms
Symptoms
- Asymptomatic or non-specific symptoms[1]
- Palpable abdominal mass
- Increase abdominal size
- Acute or chronic abdominal pain[2]
- Intermittent colicky pain (less frequently)
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Constipation
- Vaginal bleeding
- Shortness of breath
- Weight loss
- Bloating
- Intussusception (Appendiceal mucinous lesions)[3]
- Intraperitoneal spread of appendiceal mucinous lesions results in a syndrome known as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP)[4]
References
References
- ↑ Hamilton DL, Stormont JM (1989). “The volcano sign of appendiceal mucocele”. Gastrointest. Endosc. 35 (5): 453–6. PMID 2792684.
- ↑ Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix . Apendix-cancer (2016). http://appendix-cancer.com/?article=6 Accessed on February 25, 2016
- ↑ Mourad FH, Hussein M, Bahlawan M, Haddad M, Tawil A (August 1999). “Intestinal obstruction secondary to appendiceal mucocele”. Dig. Dis. Sci. 44 (8): 1594–9. PMID 10492138.
- ↑ Smeenk RM, van Velthuysen ML, Verwaal VJ, Zoetmulder FA (February 2008). “Appendiceal neoplasms and pseudomyxoma peritonei: a population based study”. Eur J Surg Oncol. 34 (2): 196–201. doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2007.04.002. PMID 17524597.
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