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Javier Navarro-Esteva1, Maria Laseca-Modrago2, Octavio Arencibia-Sánchez2
1Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital San Roque Maspalomas, Maspalomas, Las Palmas de GC, ESP.
Abstract:
Patients with Meigs' syndrome and elevated serum CA-125 are not frequently reported. A 59-year-old woman and a 48-year-old woman sought help because of progressive shortness of breath caused by pleural effusion. The presence of a pelvic mass was noted in both the patients and was thought to be the cause of the effusion. Both patients had elevated serum CA-125, which raised the possibility of malignancy. After complete resection of the tumors, the pathologic reports confirmed a benign and a low-grade malignant ovarian neoplasia, respectively. We comment on the outcome and follow-up of these two cases and briefly review Meigs' syndrome.
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