title: Pericardial effusion, right-sided pleural effusion and ascites associated with stage IV endometriosis. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Endometriosis has rarely been associated with ascites and less often with pleural (usually right-sided) effusion.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multiparous, reproductive-aged woman was referred for evaluation of possible ovarian carcinoma following the development of dyspnea, progressive abdominal distention, weight loss and increasing secondary dysmenorrhea. Imaging demonstrated normal ovaries in the presence of massive ascites and right-sided pleural and pericardial effusions. At laparotomy, grade IV endometriosis was noted. Total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and appendectomy were performed, with subsequent resolution of all cavity fluid accumulations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pericardial and pleural effusions in the presence of ascites may be associated with endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Cardiology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Oluyemi O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Badero
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borowsky
authors.forename: Yi-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ovadia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abulafia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index