PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI SECONDARY TO A CYS TADENOCARCINOMA OF THE APPENDIX - REPORT OF ONE CASE

We report a 40 years old female that presented whith an ovarian tumor and ascites. The exploratory laparotomy revealed a mucocele of the app endix that was informed as a cystadenoma of the appendix in the fast b iopsy. The definitive pathological diagnosis, a cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix, motivated a second intervention preforming a right hemic olectomy, left adnexectomy and omentumectomy. Three years later she pr esented with an abdominal mass and was subjected to a fetal hysterecto my and right adnexectomy. The pathological diagnosis was a mucinous cy stadenocarcinoma with peritoneal involvement. The patient completed fi ve years of follow up since the first intervention and is free of tumo r Pseudomixome peritoneai generally is a. tumor of ovarian origin, fol lowed by the appendix. Surgical treatment must include the excision bf neighboring compromised organs. The follow up must be lengthy conside ring the possibility of late recurrences