Pseudo-Meigs syndrome: Uterine leiomyoma with bladder attachment associated with ascites and hydrothorax - A rare case of a rare syndrome

Onkologie

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 443-446

  Weise, M ^b   Westphalen, S ^b   Fayyazi, A ^b   Emons, G ^b   Krauss, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascites; CA 125; Hydrothorax; Pseudo Meigs syndrome; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLADDER WALL; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; UTERUS; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MEIGS SYNDROME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036977579     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067439     Document Type: Article

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