Department of General Surgery,The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Zhongshan Road, Shahekou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, P.R, China
Case Report
Primary Peritoneal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Case and Literature Review
Author(s): Ning Luo*, Shabnam Faiz, Shili Fuwen, Zhao Liu, Liang Li, Yaqing Chen, Xingdong Hou and Mingxiang Wang
Background: Primary peritoneal carcinoma is epithelial tumor. Histologically, the most common type is primary peritoneal serous carcinoma, which almost occurs in women. Another rare subtype is Primary Peritoneal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma (PPMA). To date, only few cases of PPMA occurring in male patient have been published in English literature. Here we described another rare case of primary peritoneal mucinous adenocarcinoma in a male patient.
Case presentation: We report an 82 years old male patient with the chief complaint of abdominal pain for more than a month without associated symptoms of nausea, vomiting, ascites, and weight loss. Peritoneal cytology and immunohistochemistry reported peritoneal carcinoma of intestinal origin. The patient underwent laparotomy and a primary peritoneal tumor with metastasis to the right colon and mesentery was found. Postoperative histopat.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/23.9.2.1-5