Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Incomplete pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome caused by endometrial ovarian cyst: A case report

  • Hitokazu Tsukao,
  • Tsubasa Ueda,
  • Yuya Fujii,
  • Takahiro Sakai,
  • Wataru Yamaguchi,
  • Junya Nakaya,
  • Toru Kojima

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33
p. 101387

Abstract

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A 63-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with history of persistent dyspnea. Right pleural effusion and ovarian tumor were discovered, but here were no significant findings on thoracoscopy under local anesthesia. The pleural effusion was suspected to be secondary to Meigs' syndrome, and a diagnosis of endometriotic ovarian cyst was made. Since the pleural effusion resolved after surgery, the patient was diagnosed with incomplete pseudo-Meigs' syndrome. We consider this to be a valuable case, as there are no previously reported cases of pseudo-Meigs' syndrome derived from an endometriotic ovarian cyst, to the best of our knowledge.

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