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[Conservative treatment of pseudomyxoma peritonei]
M A Machado1, J G Rodrigues, R M Laurino
1Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
Revista Do Hospital Das Clinicas
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a clinical entity characterized by gelatinous ascites. It is most often due to a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix or ovary. These patients die frequently of bowel obstruction after multiple surgical procedures. A case of pseudomyxoma peritonei treated successfully with intraabdominal infusion of a 2.5% solution of dextrose is reported.