title: [True and pseudo-Meigs' syndrome].
abstract: In this paper two cases were reported. The first case concerns the truth Meigs syndrome at 70-year old woman, who was admitted into gynaecological clinic because of quickly increasing abdominal circumference, metrorrhagia and liquid in pleural cavity. In this woman benign ovarian neoplasm-thecoma was detected. The second case concerns pseudo Meigs syndrome at 57-year old woman, who was operated because of ovarian cancer. In this patient recurrent ascites was observed. In this case radical surgery and chemotherapy was performed.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Ginekologii Operacyjnej Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tarnowski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Królewski
mesh_terms: D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008539:Meigs Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D013798:Thecoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery