A rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature

Pseudomyxoma peritonei is rare. The rarity is highlighted by the lack of published evidence regarding management. The latest treatments have altered the prognosis of a once incurable disease. This report serves to both raise awareness and critically appraise the literature regarding the latest manag...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Abhishek, Patodi, Nishant, Ahmed, Monz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.188
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spelling pubmed-43772462015-04-02 A rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature Chauhan, Abhishek Patodi, Nishant Ahmed, Monz Clin Case Rep Case Reports Pseudomyxoma peritonei is rare. The rarity is highlighted by the lack of published evidence regarding management. The latest treatments have altered the prognosis of a once incurable disease. This report serves to both raise awareness and critically appraise the literature regarding the latest management. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015-03 2014-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4377246/ /pubmed/25838904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.188 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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A rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature
title A rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature
title_full A rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature
title_fullStr A rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature
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title_short A rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature
title_sort rare cause of ascites: pseudomyxoma peritonei and a review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377246/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.188
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