Pseudomyxoma peritonei


The term pseudomyxoma peritonei was first used by Werth in 1884 to describe massive intraperitoneal accumulation of gelatinous pseudomucin due to the perforation of ovarian pseudomucinous cystomas. Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a disease process characterized by copious mucinous ascites and histologically bland peritoneal mucinous tumor.