EDWARD BROWNING MEIGS

Meigs' and Pseudo‐Meigs' syndrome

Diagnosing Meigs' syndrome is challenging in that it can be mistaken for a number of other conditions. Ultrasound can identify ascites and pleural effusions, which is essential in accurate identification.

Atypical Meigs' syndrome.

Large blood-stained pleural effusions, especially in young patients, are unusual and may be caused by metastatic disease in the chest, a large pulmonary infarction, and, rarely, pulmonary tuberculosis. Meigs' syndrome is an uncommon cause of pleural effusion associated with ascites and a benign ovarian tumour, most often a fibroma. The fluid is usually clear but occasionally blood-stained. The ...

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Pseudo-Meigs syndrome: à propos d'un cas

Introduction: Le pseudo-Meigs syndrome comprend une tumeur pelvienne bénigne (en dehors des fibrothécomes ovariens) ou maligne associée à des épanchements, pleural et ou péritonéal, qui disparaissent après l'exérèse tumorale. Nous rapportons l'observation d'une patiente âgée de 47 ans, qui présentait une pleurésie droite associée à une ascite et une tumeur ovarienne maligne. L'évolution après l...

Meigs’ Syndrome and Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome: Report of Four Cases and Literature Revie

Meigs’ syndrome represents a triad of pleural effusion, ascites, and an ovarian tumor, which is usually benign, occurring together. We describe here 2 patients with Meigs’ syndrome and 2 patients with pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome. Hydrothorax and ascites symptoms in 4 patients are of outstanding performance characteristics of Meigs’ syndrome and pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome. Ovarian tumors were found by cl...