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There is always a fear among gynecologist while performing laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy about Pseudomyxoma peritonei which can be a condition brought on by producing abundant mucin by tumor cells, which fills the abdominal cavity at the time of rupture of mucinous ovarian cyst. If not treated, mucin will ultimately build up to the stage where it compresses vital structures: the colon, the liver, kidneys, stomach, spleen, pancreas, etc. The disease rarely spreads from the the lymphatic system or through the bloodstream. It is seen as a tumors that leave mucin gelatinous ascites and scattered cancer cells from the abdominal cavity. This disease is mostly a result of an appendiceal primary cancer or cancer in the appendix, mucinous tumors from the ovary are also implicated, although generally ovarian involvement is favored to be a metastasis from an appendiceal and other gastrointestinal source. Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a very rare type of cancer that usually begins in appendix as a small growth and it can start in other parts of the bowel, the ovary or bladder. This eventually spreads through the wall of appendix and spreads cancerous cells to the lining of the peritoneum. These cancerous cells produce mucus, which collects in the abdomen as a jelly like fluid called mucin.
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