Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report

Pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome is caused by uterine fibroids, which is often treated using gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. Here we report a case of pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome that developed with massive pleural effusion after the initiation of GnRH agonist therapy for uterine fibroids. A 48-year...

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Autores principales: Odaka, Hidesato, Asahi, Ruriko, Shimada, Kengo, Tokairin, Takuo, Kumazawa, Yukiyo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36779091
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33520
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author Odaka, Hidesato
Asahi, Ruriko
Shimada, Kengo
Tokairin, Takuo
Kumazawa, Yukiyo
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Asahi, Ruriko
Shimada, Kengo
Tokairin, Takuo
Kumazawa, Yukiyo
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description Pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome is caused by uterine fibroids, which is often treated using gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. Here we report a case of pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome that developed with massive pleural effusion after the initiation of GnRH agonist therapy for uterine fibroids. A 48-year-old woman presented with dyspnea. Her medical history included uterine fibroids and GnRH agonist therapy. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a massive pleural effusion, uterine fibroids, and ascites. A total laparoscopic hysterectomy was performed. The pathologic findings were consistent with those of uterine fibroids. The pleural effusion and ascites resolved completely. The patient was diagnosed with pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome due to uterine fibroids.
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spelling pubmed-99050402023-02-09 Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report Odaka, Hidesato Asahi, Ruriko Shimada, Kengo Tokairin, Takuo Kumazawa, Yukiyo Cureus Internal Medicine Pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome is caused by uterine fibroids, which is often treated using gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. Here we report a case of pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome that developed with massive pleural effusion after the initiation of GnRH agonist therapy for uterine fibroids. A 48-year-old woman presented with dyspnea. Her medical history included uterine fibroids and GnRH agonist therapy. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a massive pleural effusion, uterine fibroids, and ascites. A total laparoscopic hysterectomy was performed. The pathologic findings were consistent with those of uterine fibroids. The pleural effusion and ascites resolved completely. The patient was diagnosed with pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome due to uterine fibroids. Cureus 2023-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9905040/ /pubmed/36779091 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33520 Text en Copyright © 2023, Odaka 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.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Odaka, Hidesato
Asahi, Ruriko
Shimada, Kengo
Tokairin, Takuo
Kumazawa, Yukiyo
Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
title Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
title_full Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
title_short Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome in a Patient With Uterine Fibroids With Massive Pleural Effusion After Starting Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist Therapy: A Case Report
title_sort pseudo-meigs’ syndrome in a patient with uterine fibroids with massive pleural effusion after starting gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9905040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36779091
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33520
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