title: [Pseudomeigs syndrome in a patient with Krukenberg's tumor].
abstract: We report the case of a fiftyone-year-old woman with a past medical history of Linfoma no Hodking and a gastric adenocarcinoma with signet ring cells. She came to our institution with a twenty month history of dysnea secondary to pleural effussion, bilateral lower extremity edema and probably had ascitis. On CT and US two bilateral pelvic masses were found and biopsied. The anatomopathological analysis showed bilateral ovarian implants from signet ring cell adenocarcinoma (Krukenberg tumor). This patient developed a PseudoMeigs syndrome consisting on malignant ovarian tumor asociated with ascitis and pleural effusion without malignant cells. Oncological patients who present with ascitis and benign pleural effusion, the diagnosis of PseudoMeigs syndrome should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Clínica Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona. mjherraiz@unav.es
authors.forename: M J Herráiz
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bayod
authors.forename: M Elorz
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Carlón
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Idoate
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007725:Krukenberg Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular; D008539:Meigs Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*