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Molecular genetic evidence supporting the clonality and appendiceal origin of Pseudomyxoma peritonei in women.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jun 1999
Szych C, Staebler A, Connolly D C, Wu R, Cho K R, Ronnett B M
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a poorly understood condition characterized by mucinous ascites and multifocal peritoneal mucinous tumors. Women with PMP often have mucinous tumors involving both the appendix and the ovaries. Several previous histopathological and immunohistochemical studies of PMP have suggested that most, if not all, cases of PMP in women are derived from mucinous adenomas of the appendix...
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