Backround: Elevated serum CA125 levels in postmenopausal women with solid adnexal masses, ascites, and pleural effusion are highly suggestive for malignant ovarian tumor. We aimed, malignant ovarian tumors clinically mimicking a case of syndrome Meigs.
Case: Forty-four years old patient with diagnosis of Meigs syndrome
Conclusion: Adnexal mass in patients with high CA 125 levels should be consider malignancy. Presence of pleural efussion increases suspicion of malignancy.
C1 [Yilmaz, Ercan; Tanrikut, Emrullah; Karaer, Abdullah; Simsek, Yavuz; Celik, Onder] Inonu Univ, Turgut Ozal Med Ctr, Fac Med, Dept Gynecol & Obstetr, Izmir, Turkey.
[Minareci, Yagmur] Mediguven Hosp, Manisa, Turkey.