Multilocular mesothelial proliferation involving the skin of the umbilicus

Am J Dermatopathol. 2013 Dec;35(8):856-8. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182858460.

Abstract

Multilocular mesothelial proliferation (MMP) is a rare lesion that mainly arises from the peritoneal mesothelium. Most often, it occurs in women of reproductive age, with a history of abdominal surgery, endometriosis, or pelvic inflammatory disease. We describe an unusual case of a 73-year-old woman affected by a large MMP, which involved the skin and presented clinically as a cutaneous mass. To the best of our knowledge, MMP involving the umbilicus has never been reported in a peer-reviewed literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Appendicitis / complications
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cysts / complications
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mesothelioma / complications
  • Mesothelioma / pathology*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / complications
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Umbilicus / pathology*