appendiceal mucinous adenocarcinoma
Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms may rupture and seed the peritoneum with bland neoplastic mucinous epithelium resulting, when grossly evident, in the well-known process pseudomyxoma peritonei.
Differential diagnosis
ruptured appendiceal diverticula (#19623035#)
References
Hristov AC, Young RH, Vang R, Yemelyanova AV, Seidman JD, Ronnett BM. Ovarian Metastases of Appendiceal Tumors With Goblet Cell Carcinoidlike and Signet Ring Cell Patterns: A Report of 30 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Oct;31(10):1502-1511. PMID: #17895750#