Table 1.

Common presentations or incidental discovery of PMP on the basis of the disease progression

Disease status at diagnosis			Presenting or incidentally diagnosed with
Advanced disease			Abdominal distension, ascites, obstruction [18,36]
Less-advanced disease	Localized disease		Abdominal pain [18]	Appendicitis-like syndrome
				Presumed cholecystitis
				Vague non-specific pain
				Lower abdominal pain/pelvic mass
	Incidentally diagnosed disease		Gynaecological conditions	Pelvic pain/mass [18,37,38]
		Non-surgical procedures		Infertility investigation [18]
				Postmenopausal bleeding [18,39]
				Abnormal Pap test [18]
			Others [18]	Deep vein thrombosis, rectal bleeding, anaemia
		Laparoscopy or laparotomy [18]	Hernia repair, fibroids, colon cancer, tubal ligation, nephrectomy, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair