Gross Ascites Secondary to Endometriosis: A Rare Presentation in Pre-Menopausal Women

Ascites caused by endometriosis is an unusual phenomenon with approximately 60 cases described since it was first reported in 1954. Moreover, such a case has rarely been reported in the Caribbean literature. Ascites is frequently treated with surgical options that do not preserve fertility. This is...

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Autores principales: Bahall, Vishal, De Barry, Lance, Harry, Suman S, Bobb, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8427934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17048
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Harry, Suman S
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description Ascites caused by endometriosis is an unusual phenomenon with approximately 60 cases described since it was first reported in 1954. Moreover, such a case has rarely been reported in the Caribbean literature. Ascites is frequently treated with surgical options that do not preserve fertility. This is due to the association of ascites with gynaecological malignancies in women with elevated serum cancer antigen (CA-125). We describe three cases of severe endometriosis associated with massive ascites, successfully treated with hormonal therapy while preserving fertility.
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spelling pubmed-84279342021-09-13 Gross Ascites Secondary to Endometriosis: A Rare Presentation in Pre-Menopausal Women Bahall, Vishal De Barry, Lance Harry, Suman S Bobb, Maria Cureus Family/General Practice Ascites caused by endometriosis is an unusual phenomenon with approximately 60 cases described since it was first reported in 1954. Moreover, such a case has rarely been reported in the Caribbean literature. Ascites is frequently treated with surgical options that do not preserve fertility. This is due to the association of ascites with gynaecological malignancies in women with elevated serum cancer antigen (CA-125). We describe three cases of severe endometriosis associated with massive ascites, successfully treated with hormonal therapy while preserving fertility. Cureus 2021-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8427934/ /pubmed/34522526 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17048 Text en Copyright © 2021, Bahall et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Gross Ascites Secondary to Endometriosis: A Rare Presentation in Pre-Menopausal Women
title_fullStr Gross Ascites Secondary to Endometriosis: A Rare Presentation in Pre-Menopausal Women
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title_short Gross Ascites Secondary to Endometriosis: A Rare Presentation in Pre-Menopausal Women
title_sort gross ascites secondary to endometriosis: a rare presentation in pre-menopausal women
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8427934/
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