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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Qurrat-ul-ain Abid, M.D.[2], Ammu Susheela, M.D. [3]

Overview

Symptoms of mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of ovary include mass in the abdomen, increase in abdominal size, bloating, weightloss, shortness of breath, and pain abdomen.

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
  • Weightloss
  • Bloating
  • Intussusception (Appendiceal mucinous lesions)[3]
  • Intraperitoneal spread of appendiceal mucinous lesions results in a syndrome knowns as pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP)[4]

References

  1. Hamilton DL, Stormont JM (1989). "The volcano sign of appendiceal mucocele". Gastrointest. Endosc. 35 (5): 453–6. PMID 2792684.
  2. Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix . Apendix-cancer (2016). http://appendix-cancer.com/?article=6 Accessed on February 25, 2016
  3. 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.
  4. 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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