title: [Pseudo-Meig's syndrome: a rare complication to uterine fibroma].
abstract: Pseudo-Meigs syndrome is a rare condition where a benign and non-ovarian pelvic tumour, pleural effusion and ascites are coexisting, and where removal of the tumour cures the patient. We present a patient with pseudo-Meigs syndrome originating from a leiomyoma of the uterus associated with elevated cancer antigen 125 and inflammatory parameters. Our patient also had pericardial effusion, which has only been reported once before in the literature. All her symptoms disappeared when the uterine fibroma was removed. Pseudo-Meig's syndrome has to be kept in mind in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Viborg, DK-8800 Viborg, Denmark. purnima@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Purnima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumarathas
authors.forename: Lena Hagelskjaer
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Kristensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008539:Meigs Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery