Table 2.

Characteristics of patient mucin secreted in pseudomyoxma peritonei with percentage dissolution after treatment with 300 μg/ml bromelain + 250 mM N-Acetyl Cystein in TRIS Buffer at 37 deg Celsius for 3 hours

Patient Number	Pathologic category DPAM/PMCA	Gross appearance Soft/Hard	Grid test Hardness index ± SD (g/mm2)	Dissolution (%) (absolute)
1	DPAM	Soft	0.551 ± 0.0112	100
2	DPAM	Soft	0.499 ± 0.0212	100
3	PMCA	soft	0.485 ± 0.0341	100
4	DPAM	Semi hard	1.112 ± 0.0921	45
5	PMCA	Hard	1.555 ± 0.0326	38
6	DPAM	soft	0.538 ± 0.0321	100
7	DPAM	soft	0.469 ± 0.0423	100
8	DPAM	soft	0.562 ± 0.0426	100
9	PMCA	Hard	1.461 ± 0.0562	61
10	DPAM	Hard	1.492 ± 0.0624	50
11	DPAM	soft	0.464 ± 0.0444	100
12	DPAM	Semi Hard	1.200 ± 0.1632	50
13	DPAM	Hard	1.589 ± 0.0642	37
14	PMCA	soft	0.561 ± 0.0400	100
15	DPAM	soft	0.482 ± 0.0399	100
16	DPAM	soft	0.492 ± 0.0234	100
17	PMCA	Semi hard	1.191 ± 0.0946	50
18	DPAM	soft	0.498 ± 0.0116	100
19	PMCA	Semi hard	1.100 ± 0.0642	60
20	DPAM	soft	0.462 ± 0.0444	100
21	DPAM	soft	0.534 ± 0.0682	100
22	PMCA	Semi hard	0.811 ± 0.0965	74
23	DPAM	Semi hard	0.923 ± 0.0521	79
24	PMCA	Semi hard	1.000 ± 0.0411	85
25	DPAM	Hard	1.486 ± 0.0427	53
26	DPAM	Hard	1.564 ± 0.0721	47
27	DPAM	soft	0.489 ± 0.0367	100
28	DPAM	soft	0.528 ± 0.0532	100
29	DPAM	soft	0.499 ± 0.0211	100
30	DPAM	soft	0.555 ± 0.0265	100
31	DPAM	Hard	1.211 ± 0.0523	68
32	DPAM	soft	0.499 ± 0.0660	100
33	DPAM	soft	0.528 ± 0.0231	100
34	DPAM	soft	0.592 ± 0.0369	100
35	PMCA	soft	0.600 ± 0.0721	100
36	PMCA	soft	0.599 ± 0.0666	100

Table 2 shows 36 patent PMP pathologic categorization, grade of mucin, hardness index as performed by the grid test and the percentage absolute disintegration of mucin as determined by in vitro experiments. Majority of patients (26) have DPAM pathology whilst 10 have PMCA. A very much higher number of patients have soft mucin in the DPAM pathology compared to PMCA. Complete dissolution of mucin was observed in soft mucin.