Pseudo Meigs syndrome

Last revised by David Luong on 7 Feb 2022

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Luong D, Pseudo Meigs syndrome. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://radiopaedia.org/articles/54143

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54143

Article created:

23 Jun 2017, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

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At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

7 Feb 2022, David Luong ◉

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Systems:

Chest, Gynaecology, Oncology

Synonyms:

Pseudo-Meigs syndrome

Pseudo Meigs syndrome refers to a clinical syndrome of pleural effusion and ascites associated with an ovarian tumor that is not a fibroma or a fibroma-like tumor.

Pathology

Entities that have been reported to result in pseudo Meigs syndrome include

Krukenberg tumors
- colon carcinoma metastases to ovary ⁴
struma ovarii tumor ^8-9
uterine leiomyosarcoma: rare
uterine leiomyoma: rare ¹⁰
ovarian teratoma: rare⁵

Serology

Serum CA-125 can be elevated however is non-specific and is not a very useful marker for differentiation.

References

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