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MEIGS' SYNDROME IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOCALLY INVASIVE ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBE
Author(s) -
Chen F. C. S.,
Fink R. L. W.,
Jolly H.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb00553.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meigs' syndrome , fallopian tube , presentation (obstetrics) , adenocarcinoma , metastatic adenocarcinoma , ovary , ovarian carcinoma , pleural effusion , pathology , gynecology , radiology , ovarian cancer , cancer
A patient with recurrent pleural effusions posed a diagnostic challenge. The pleural aspirate CA‐125 assay was markedly elevated which indicated a primary ovarian pathologic process. However, in this case a rare fallopian tube adenocarcinoma was the underlying problem. Meigs' syndrome can resemble a metastatic pelvic carcinoma in its presentation, but the prognosis is much more favourable when the syndrome is associated with a benign ovarian tumour.