Pericardial effusion, right-sided pleural effusion and ascites associated with stage IV endometriosis. A case report.
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.
Francis
Michelle
M
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Cardiology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Badero
Oluyemi O
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Borowsky
Mark
M
Lee
Yi-Chun
YC
Abulafia
Ovadia
O
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