title: Pseudo-Meigs syndrome secondary to ovarian germ cell tumor.
abstract: An 11-year-old white girl presenting with fever, dyspnea, and cough demonstrated a left pleural effusion, ascites, and a suprapubic mass on physical and radiologic examinations. Surgical resection of the mass found a stage Ic malignant mixed germ cell tumor of the ovary. The pleural effusion and ascites were benign and resolved spontaneously after complete resection of the tumor, which is characteristic of a pseudo-Meigs syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Alan P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Ladd
authors.forename: Manjusha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Gunderman
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008539:Meigs Syndrome; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome