[Pseudomyxoma of the pleura and peritoneum].

A case is presented of 41 year old patient with a very rare form of clinical manifestation of adenocarcinoma with a large mucinous ascites with abdominal distention and a massive left hemithoracic content with same characteristics. Two years prior the patient suffered from acute abdomen and underwent apendectomy with slow wound healing and a stomach edema 6 months later with a finding of smaller changes on the left side of the thorax. The patient was hospitalized when he already had an advanced stage of the disease.