Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is a rare pathological entity characterized by the presence of a pelvic mass other than an ovarian fibroma. The mass is associated with ascites with or without hydrothorax. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 41-year-old Caucasian woman with a large...

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Autores principales: Chourmouzi, Danai, Papadopoulou, Elissavet, Drevelegas, Antonios
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20426844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-120
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author Chourmouzi, Danai
Papadopoulou, Elissavet
Drevelegas, Antonios
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Papadopoulou, Elissavet
Drevelegas, Antonios
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description INTRODUCTION: Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is a rare pathological entity characterized by the presence of a pelvic mass other than an ovarian fibroma. The mass is associated with ascites with or without hydrothorax. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 41-year-old Caucasian woman with a large uterine leiomyoma associated with massive ascites. A magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a large subserosal leiomyoma with multiple areas of cystic degeneration. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pseudo-Meigs' syndrome caused by a uterine leiomyoma and diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging. The pathophysiology of this syndrome and the role of magnetic resonance imaging are emphasized in this case report.
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spelling pubmed-28734512010-05-20 Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report Chourmouzi, Danai Papadopoulou, Elissavet Drevelegas, Antonios J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome is a rare pathological entity characterized by the presence of a pelvic mass other than an ovarian fibroma. The mass is associated with ascites with or without hydrothorax. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 41-year-old Caucasian woman with a large uterine leiomyoma associated with massive ascites. A magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a large subserosal leiomyoma with multiple areas of cystic degeneration. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pseudo-Meigs' syndrome caused by a uterine leiomyoma and diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging. The pathophysiology of this syndrome and the role of magnetic resonance imaging are emphasized in this case report. BioMed Central 2010-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2873451/ /pubmed/20426844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-120 Text en Copyright ©2010 Chourmouzi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chourmouzi, Danai
Papadopoulou, Elissavet
Drevelegas, Antonios
Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report
title Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report
title_full Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report
title_fullStr Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report
title_short Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report
title_sort magnetic resonance imaging findings in pseudo-meigs' syndrome associated with a large uterine leiomyoma: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20426844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-120
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