Two Patients With Meigs' Syndrome and Elevated Serum CA-125: A Case Report

Patients with Meigs' syndrome and elevated serum CA-125 are not frequently reported. A 59-year-old woman and a 48-year-old woman sought help because of progressive shortness of breath caused by pleural effusion. The presence of a pelvic mass was noted in both the patients and was thought to be...

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Autores principales: Navarro-Esteva, Javier, Laseca-Modrago, Maria, Arencibia-Sánchez, Octavio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32760627
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8927
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Sumario:Patients with Meigs' syndrome and elevated serum CA-125 are not frequently reported. A 59-year-old woman and a 48-year-old woman sought help because of progressive shortness of breath caused by pleural effusion. The presence of a pelvic mass was noted in both the patients and was thought to be the cause of the effusion. Both patients had elevated serum CA-125, which raised the possibility of malignancy. After complete resection of the tumors, the pathologic reports confirmed a benign and a low-grade malignant ovarian neoplasia, respectively. We comment on the outcome and follow-up of these two cases and briefly review Meigs' syndrome.

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