Peritoneum, pseudomyxoma
Object numberGC.7365
TitlePeritoneum, pseudomyxoma
Creator James Haig (1862-1934) Ferguson
DescriptionWet specimen.
Portion of the peritoneum, showing pseudomyxoma.
From an adult female in whom the condition followed rupture of a compound cystic ovarian tumour.
The peritoneum is swollen and infiltrated and, with the mucinous degeneration which its proliferated endothelium undergoes and the diffuse implantation of mucinous cysts on its surface, an irregular translucent conglomeration of jelly-like masses results.
Production date 1928
Object namePERITONEUM
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen