Is there a connection between Agent Orange expose and pseudomyxoma peritonei? Where can I find documentation?

Answer 1

Not that im aware. Soliders whom came in contact with Agent Orange normally are diabetic now and experience joint/muscle pain. (First hand experience here) Though some gave had worse conditions such as cancer, it is possible. pseudomyxoma peritonei is usually connected to coming in contact with asbestos.

Answer 2

Pseudomyxoma is a condition that happens after adenocarcinoma (typically colon cancer) is released into the abdominal cavity and manages to implant there and grow. It's rare. The most common condition that makes it more likely to happen is when an invasive cancer is surgically removed, but cancer tissue is left behind because it's adherent to vital structures like the aorta or vena cava. Another condition that I've seen lead to this is when a previously undiagnosed cancer perforates, and lifesaving surgery is aimed at disaster management more than cancer control. Either way, a suboptimal cancer operation is involved. Cancer is a very complex biologic phenomenon. For it to gain the capability of spreading to other sites, it must undergo specific genetic changes that allow it to stick onto other tissue and not be rejected. This is the normal course of events in colon adenocarcinoma, but usually it goes first to the liver. I have reviewed large amounts of data about colon cancer over several years, and I have never encountered any study that relates agent orange to this. It would be difficult to demonstrate a relationship, because the phenomenon of pseudomyxoma peritonei is relatively rare, even if colon cancer is relatively common. Large numbers of pseudomyxoma patients would need to be evaluated, in order to find out if that population was more likely to have had an agent orange exposure, which is of itself, a limited number of people.

Answer 3

Pseudomyxoma peritonei is usually cause by rupture of a pseudomucinous cyst of an ovary. Are you a female? I know of no connection.