Meigs Syndrome (Meig's Syndrome)

04/01/2014 - "This is the first English-language study showing the possibility that interleukin-6 is relevant to the pathogenesis of pseudo-Meigs' syndrome caused by degenerating uterine leiomyoma."
04/01/2014 - "Previous published work has demonstrated that vascular endothelial growth factor and interleukin-6 may play a role in the pathogenesis of Meigs' syndrome and that vascular endothelial growth factor may contribute to the development of pseudo-Meigs' syndrome due to metastatic ovarian cancer. "
02/01/2001 - "Markedly elevated levels of vascular endothelial growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, and interleukin 6 in Meigs syndrome."
02/01/2001 - "Analysis of serum and peritoneal and pleural fluid from a patient with Meigs' syndrome revealed high levels of vascular endothelial growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, and interleukin 6. Serum levels declined after removal of the ovarian tumor, along with resolution of ascites and hydrothorax. "
05/01/2002 - "Evaluation of serum, peritoneal, and pleural fluids retrieved from a patient suffering from Meigs' syndrome revealed high interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha levels. "

11/01/2001 - "The aim of this study was to assess the kinetics and possible role of leptin in the pathophysiology of Meigs' syndrome. "
11/01/2001 - "The kinetics of leptin in Meigs' syndrome."
11/01/2001 - "Leptin levels inversely correlate to tumor burden, third space fluid accumulation, and clinical status in Meigs' syndrome. "
02/01/2005 - "Leptin is modified in the choriocarcinoma, Meigs' syndrome and other tumors. "

06/01/2015 - "We present a case of fibrothecoma with Meigs' syndrome and elevated levels of both CA-125 (cancer antigen 125) and HE-4 (human epididymis protein 4). "
04/01/2015 - "Elevated cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) in Meigs' syndrome is an unusual clinical condition reported in few cases. "
01/01/2013 - "Age, cancer antigen 125 (CA-125), and Meig syndrome were assessed. "
06/01/2011 - "Meigs' syndrome presenting as an ovarian tumor with elevated serum cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) levels is unusual. "
06/01/2011 - "Meigs' syndrome with elevated serum cancer antigen 125 levels in a case of ovarian sclerosing stromal tumor."

05/01/2010 - "Furthermore, the hypersecretion of VEGF from oviducts may play a role in the pathogenesis of clinical manifestations of pseudo-meigs' syndrome."
09/01/2001 - "Vascular endothelial growth factor levels in pleural and peritoneal fluid in Meigs' syndrome."
05/01/2010 - "VEGF hypersecretion as a plausible mechanism for pseudo-meigs' syndrome in advanced colorectal cancer."
07/01/2008 - "Smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) presenting as pseudo-Meigs' syndrome with low vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression has not been reported in previous literature. "
07/01/2008 - "Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome caused by uterine smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential with low vascular endothelial growth factor expression."

01/01/2013 - "This case indicates that Meigs syndrome may on occasion present with additional findings that can further mimic disseminated malignancy and may lead to diagnostic uncertainty."
01/01/2009 - "Nevertheless, benign ovarian masses can mimic this clinical picture when they are associated with Meigs' syndrome making the work-up and management of these patients challenging. "
06/01/2015 - "Benign leiomyoma accompanied by pseudo-Meigs' syndrome and elevated serum CA125 can mimic a pelvic malignancy."
01/01/2013 - "In Meigs syndrome the classical findings of ascites, pleural effusion in combination with an ovarian mass can mimic disseminated malignancy but resolve spontaneously after surgery. "
01/01/1998 - "Pseudo-Meigs' syndrome due to broad ligament leiomyoma: a mimic of metastatic ovarian carcinoma."

05/01/1989 - "The associations with Meig's syndrome, greatly elevated hormone levels and presence of omental and retroperitoneal nodules, raised a suspicion of malignancy."
06/01/1966 - "[Demons-Meigs syndrome caused by ovarian tumor secreting hydrating hormones]."
01/01/1992 - "We also believe our case to support the hypothesis of a hormone implication in Meigs' syndrome cause, as the symptoms correlated with menses, and especially as the morphopathological diagnosis was ovarian fibroma with myxoid areas, which could be incriminated for the patient's primary infertility, but it was not properly investigated."

06/01/1970 - "[Acute Meigs' syndrome caused by gonadotropins]."
09/01/1966 - "[Acute Meigs' syndrome and pregnancy following ovulation stimulation with human pituitary gonadotropin]."
03/01/1979 - "The course of the pregnancy in a patient who had Meigs-syndrome after treatment with gonadotropins was presented. "

06/01/2015 - "In recent years, however, there have been isolated reports of fibrothecoma and Meigs' syndrome, accompanied by an increase in tumor markers. "
11/01/2001 - "Pseudo-Meigs syndrome and elevated levels of tumor markers associated with benign ovarian tumors--two case reports."

10/01/1987 - "Amylase levels in pleural and peritoneal fluid in Meigs' syndrome."
11/01/1979 - "Amylase-producing ovarian neoplasm with pseudo-Meigs' syndrome and elevated pleural fluid amylase: case report and ultrastructure."

05/01/1993 - "The features of this disease were described by Meigs and Cass in 1937; in the same year Roads named it Meigs syndrome. "
04/01/2003 - "The association of a benign ovarian tumor with ascites and hydrothorax that resolve after tumor resection is known as Meigs syndrome, and its importance was first emphasized by Meigs and Cass in 1937. "

11/01/2015 - "Our report highlights the importance of presurgical identification of Meigs syndrome in order to curtail salpingo-oophorectomy when feasible."
05/01/2005 - "Her symptoms were consistent with atypical Meigs' syndrome and resolved after unilateral oophorectomy. "
06/01/2012 - "The patient was a 58-year-old woman with thecoma of the right ovary accompanied by Meigs syndrome, who had undergone abdominal total hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. "
01/01/2015 - "The definitive diagnosis of pseudo-Meigs' syndrome was made by confirming the fact that pleural effusion and ascites disappeared after bilateral oophorectomy. "
05/01/2007 - "We report a case of pseudo-Meigs' syndrome, consisting of bilateral ovarian hemangiomas, hydrothorax, ascites, and an elevated CA 125 level, which was resolved after laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy."

03/01/2006 - "The biologic explorations (the benign cytology in the pleural liquid and ascites, CA-125 with ten times the normal value) and the imagery completed the picture of a Meigs/ pseudo-Meigs syndrome that implied the laparotomy. "
09/01/1999 - "Finally, exploratory laparotomy was performed under the suspicion of Meigs' syndrome or TB peritonitis. "
08/01/2008 - "The chronic development of abdominal hypertension and onset of the abdominal compartment syndrome associated with Meigs' syndrome must be recognized in a timely manner and promptly treated by performing as complete a resection of the pelvic mass as possible; alternatively, in acute abdominal hypertension the monitoring of bladder pressure can evaluate the effectiveness of medical therapy and determine the optimal timing of decompressive laparotomy in case of the abdominal compartment syndrome."

01/01/2009 - "Surgical removal and chemotherapy against the ovarian cancer resulted in disappearance of the ascites and pleural effusion, establishing a diagnosis of pseudo-Meigs'syndrome. "
12/01/2012 - "After failure to control the ascites with systemic and intra-abdominal chemotherapy, bilateral oophorectomy resulted in normalization of elevated serum tumor-marker levels and the disappearance of both the ascites and pleural effusions (i.e., pseudo-Meigs' syndrome). "

06/01/2012 - "The patient was a 58-year-old woman with thecoma of the right ovary accompanied by Meigs syndrome, who had undergone abdominal total hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. "

01/01/2014 - "A 52-year-old African woman with Demons-Meigs' syndrome was admitted for elective surgery under general anesthesia. "