2021
DOI: 10.25259/ijmio_16_2021
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Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in primary peritoneal cancer: Our experience in a young male

Abstract: Primary peritoneal carcinomatosis (PPC) is a rare tumor, described in the literature almost exclusively in women. Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis were considered incurable with low survival rates. This underwent a paradigm shift with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) after optimal cytoreductive surgery which changed the entire scenario. This case report describes the management of a 28-year-old male patient who was diagnosed to have PPC when he presented with massive ascites, who underw… Show more

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