Author(s)

Auriane De Neef, Jean-Christophe Noel, Frédéric Buxant

Department of Gynaecology, Iris Sud Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Department of Pathology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

We report the case of a 61-year old woman presented with a voluminous centro-pelvic mass (22 × 17 cm), hydrothorax and ascites. Serum CA-125 was high (11,000 UI/ml). An explorative laparotomy located the mass between the rectum and the posterior wall of the uterus. The histological examination showed a primitive peritoneal tumor with serous and endometrioid differentiations. There was a left ovarian metastasis and both peritoneal and pleural liquids revealed no sign of malignancy. After the incomplete surgery, the hydrothorax and ascites decreased considerably. This association of Pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome with primitive peritoneal tumor is uncommon. To our knowledge this is the first case described through a Medline search.

Ovarian and Tubal Neoplasms; Peritoneal Neoplasm

De Neef, A. , Noel, J. and Buxant, F. (2012) Pseudo-Meigs syndrome in association with primitive peritoneal tumor. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2, 167-169. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2012.22033.