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Specialty. Oncology. Pseudomyxoma peritonei ( PMP) is a clinical condition caused by cancerous cells (mucinous adenocarcinoma) that produce abundant mucin or gelatinous ascites. [1] The tumors cause fibrosis of tissues and impede digestion or organ function, and if left untreated, the tumors and mucin they produce will fill the abdominal cavity.
In people with mild ascites, therapy is usually as an outpatient. The goal is weight loss of no more than 1.0 kg/day for people with both ascites and peripheral edema and no more than 0.5 kg/day for people with ascites alone. [19] In those with severe ascites causing a tense abdomen, hospitalization is generally necessary for paracentesis. [20 ...
Omental cake. Omental cake is a radiologic sign indicative of an abnormally thickened greater omentum. [ 1] It refers to infiltration of the normal omental structure by other types of soft-tissue or chronic inflammation resulting in a thickened, or cake-like appearance. [ 2]
In medicine, Meigs's syndrome, also Meigs syndrome or Demons–Meigs syndrome, is the triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumor ( ovarian fibroma, fibrothecoma, Brenner tumour, and occasionally granulosa cell tumour ). [1] [2] [3] Meigs syndrome resolves after the resection of the tumor. Because the transdiaphragmatic ...
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Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MDMedically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common form of lung cancer, accounting for 80-85% of all cases.
Esophageal cancer is the eighth-most frequently-diagnosed cancer worldwide, [2] and because of its poor prognosis, it is the sixth most-common cause of cancer-related deaths. [55] It caused about 400,000 deaths in 2012, accounting for about 5% of all cancer deaths (about 456,000 new cases were diagnosed, representing about 3% of all cancers).
Colorectal cancer. Researchers have seen more young people diagnosed with and die from colorectal cancer. Diagnoses of people under 55 doubled from 11% in 1995 to 20% in 2019, according to the ACS.