Clinical analysis of 49 cases with Pseudo-Meigs' Syndrome: a report of two cases and a review of literatures over the last decade

VernacularTitle:假性梅格斯综合征二例并文献复习
Author: Wei BIAN ; Min WEI ; Ling XU ; Ce SHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome; Pleural effusion
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2015;14(6):455-458
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Retrospective analyses were conducted for the clinical data of two cases with pseudoMeigs' syndrome at our hospital.Both had respiratory symptoms,such as cough and dyspnea.Radiological examinations revealed ascites,pleural effusion and pelvic mass.The definite pathological diagnosis was pelvic malignant tumor.After surgical tumor removal,ascites and pleural effusion disappeared without recurrence.Along with reviewed cases from PubMed in the last decade,a total of 49 cases had pseudoMeigs' syndrome.The age range was 11-73 years.Their clinical manifestations include dyspnea (78％),abdominal distension (69％),cough (14％),abdominal pain (12％),fatigue (10％),weight loss (6％) chest pain (4％),fever (4％),abdominal mass (4％),and oliguria (2％).CA125 was commonly elevated.The primary tumors in pelvic cavity accounted for 78％.And ovarian metastasis from colon cancer was one of the most common in metastatic tumor.