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The first case of pseudomyxoma peritonei was described by Carl F. Rokitansky in 1842. ^[1]
In 1901 Frankel described the first case associated with a cyst of the appendix.^[2]

↑ Pandey A, Mishra AK (May 2011). "Pseudomyxoma peritonei: disseminated peritoneal adenomucinosis variant". BMJ Case Rep. 2011. doi:10.1136/bcr.07.2010.3181. PMC 3089927. PMID 22696701.
↑ Kotani Y, Shiota M, Umemoto M, Tobiume T, Koike E, Shimaoka M, Takahashi Y, Kanemura K, Ishizu A, Hoshiai H (2009). "Laparoscopic mucin removal in patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei". JSLS. 13 (2): 203–6. PMC 3015933. PMID 19660216.