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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, weight loss, 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
- 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
- ↑ 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.