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TeachMeFinance.com - explain pseudomyxoma peritonei pseudomyxoma peritonei --
(SOO-doe-mix-O-ma PAIR-ih-TOE-nee-I) A build-up of mucus in the peritoneal cavity. The mucus may come from ruptured ovarian cysts, the appendix, or from other abdominal tissues, and mucus-secreting cells may attach to the peritoneal lining and continue to secrete mucus.
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