Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome associated with malignant struma ovarii: A case report

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 226-228

  Zannoni, Gian Franco ^a   Gallotta, Valerio ^a   Legge, Francesco ^a   Tarquini, Elisabetta ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^b   Ferrandina, Gabriella ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pseudo Meigs' syndrome; Struma ovarii

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYSTERECTOMY; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; OVARY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORACOCENTESIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEIGS SYNDROME; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; STRUMA OVARII;

EID: 3242722428     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.03.045     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Devaney K., Snyder R., Norris H.J., Tavassoli F.A. Proliferative and histologically malignant struma ovarii: a clinicopathologic study of 54 cases. Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 12(4):1993;333-343
2. Rosenblum N.G., LiVolsi V.A., Edmonds P.R., Mikuta J.J. Malignant struma ovarii. Gynecol. Oncol. 32(2):1989;224-227
3. Zakhem A., Aftimos G., Kreidy R., Salem P. Malignant struma ovarii: report of two cases and selected review of the literature. J. Surg. Oncol. 43(1):1990;61-65
4. DeSimone C.P., Lele S.M., Modesitt S.C. Malignant struma ovarii: a case report and analysis of cases reported in the literature with focus on survival and I131 therapy. Gynecol. Oncol. 89(3):2003;543-548
5. Meigs J.V., Cass J.W. Fibroma of the ovary with ascites and hydrothorax, with a report of seven cases. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 33:1937;249-267
6. Meigs J.V. Fibroma of the ovary with ascites and hydrothorax-Meigs' syndrome. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 67:1954;962-987
7. Timmerman D., Moerman P., Vergote I. Meigs' syndrome with elevated serum CA 125 levels: two case reports and review of the literature. Gynecol. Oncol. 59(3):1995;405-408
8. Huh J.J., Montz F.J., Bristow R.E. Struma ovarii associated with pseudo-Meigs' syndrome and elevated serum CA 125. Gynecol. Oncol. 86(2):2002;231-234
9. Bethune M., Quinn M., Rome R. Struma ovarii presenting as acute pseudo-Meigs syndrome with an elevated CA 125 level. Aust. N. Z. J. Obstet. Gynaecol. 36(3):1996;372-373
10. Bokhari A., Rosenfeld G.S., Cracchiolo B., Heller D.S. Cystic struma ovarii presenting with ascites and an elevated CA-125 level. A case report. J. Reprod. Med. 48(1):2003;52-56
11. Long C.Y., Chen Y.H., Chen S.C., Lee J.N., Su J.H., Hsu S.C. Pseudo-Meigs syndrome and elevated levels of tumor markers associated with benign ovarian tumors - Two case reports. Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. 17(11):2001;582-585
12. Armes J.E., Östör A.G. A case of malignant stromal carcinoid. Gynecol. Oncol. 51:1993;419-423
13. Scully R.E. Recent progress in ovarian cancer. Hum. Pathol. 1:1970;73-98