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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]

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The first case of pseudomyxoma peritonei was described by Carl F. Rokitansky in 1842.^[1]

The first case of pseudomyxoma peritonei was described by Carl F. Rokitansky in 1842. ^[2]
In 1884 Werth coined the term pseudomyxoma peritonei, describing it in association with a mucinous ovarian tumor.
In 1901 Frankel described the first case associated with a cyst of the appendix.