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Meigs' and Pseudo‐Meigs' syndrome [PDF]
Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2012 Diagnosing Meigs' syndrome is challenging in that it can be mistaken for a number of other conditions. Ultrasound can identify ascites and pleural effusions, which is essential in accurate identification.
Saha, Sumi, Robertson, Meiri
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Ovarian Carcinoma Presenting as Meigs’ Syndrome- A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Presence of fluid and air within pleural space is known as hydropneumothorax. A large proportion of patients present with shortness of breath, dry cough and pricking type of pleuritic chest pain as a result of pleural involvement.
Francis Ankita +3 more
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2022 Pseudo–pseudo Meigs' syndrome (PPMS) exhibits patients with ascites, pleural effusion, elevated CA-125, and diagnosed of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) eventually without evidence of ovarian or pelvic tumor.
Yi-Hsiang Chao, Hsin-Yu Chen
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Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 We herein report the first case of lupus-related protein-losing enteropathy associated with pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome. Lupus-related protein-losing enteropathy and pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome are extremely rare complications in patients with ...
Horino Taro +8 more
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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 11, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Key Clinical Message In low‐ and middle‐income countries, protein‐losing enteropathy is a diagnosis of exclusion. SLE should be on the list of differential diagnoses of protein‐losing enteropathy, especially if the patient had a long history of GI symptoms and ascites.
Elham Abdalla +6 more
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Analysis of high‐risk pedigrees identifies 11 candidate variants for Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 18, Issue 2, Page 307-317, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Introduction Analysis of sequence data in high‐risk pedigrees is a powerful approach to detect rare predisposition variants. Methods Rare, shared candidate predisposition variants were identified from exome sequencing 19 Alzheimer's disease (AD)‐affected cousin pairs selected from high‐risk pedigrees.
Craig C. Teerlink +11 more
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Disease Markers, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Background. An initial step in the evaluation of patients with pleural effusion syndrome (PES) is to determine whether the pleural fluid is a transudate or an exudate. Objectives. To investigate total adenosine deaminase (ADA) as a biomarker to classify pleural transudates and exudates. Methods.
Bernardo Henrique Ferraz Maranhão +7 more
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Medicina Clínica Práctica, 2021 Resumen: El síndrome de pseudo-Meigs se caracteriza por la tríada de neoplasia maligna de ovario, derrame pleural y ascitis. Los signos y síntomas son inespecíficos, enmascarando esta entidad con un proceso gastrointestinal y/o urinario; un tumor anexial
José Patricio Novelo-Pérez +1 more
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Recurrent ascites in systemic lupus erythematosus treated with rituximab – a case report and review of pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome [PDF]
Beyond Rheumatology, 2021 Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune and inflammatory disease with multisystem consequences. Pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome (PPMS), or Tjalma syndrome, is a newly recognized manifestation of SLE that is characterized by increased CA ...
Sarah Compton +2 more
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Pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome associated with struma ovarii [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2013 A 55-year-old woman presented to a gynaecologist with abdominal pain and postmenopausal bleeding. Her medical history included nothing of particular note. Physical examination revealed a mild abdominal distension and a palpable mass in the lower abdomen. The patient's serum CA-125 level was 120 U/ml (normal value
Sivrioglu, A.K. +3 more
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