Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma physical examination

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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

Patients with mucinous cystadenocarcinoma usually appear normal. Physical examination of patients with mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is usually remarkable for abdominal distention, shifting dullness, a palpable abdominal mass, and coarse crackles upon auscultation of the lung bases.

Physical Examination

Appearance of the Patient

• Patients with mucinous cystadenocarcinoma usually appear normal.

Lungs

• Lungs are hyporesonant
• Coarse crackles upon auscultation of the lung bases
• Rhonchi

Abdomen

• Abdominal distention
• Abdominal tenderness in the right/left lower abdominal quadrant
• A palpable abdominal mass in the right/left lower abdominal quadrant
• Shifting dullness