Tags: Disease.
Pseudomyxoma peritonea is a clinical condition caused by cancerous cells (mucinous adenocarcinoma) that produce abundant mucin or gelatinous ascites. 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. This will result in compression of organs and will destroy the function of colon small intestine stomach or other organs.
