Pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome in Rheumatology
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Pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome in Rheumatology
The Meigs’ Syndrome (MS) described in 1937 by Meigs and Cass was characterized by benign ovarian fibroma, ascites and hydrothorax that resolve after the tumor removal. Peritoneal and pleural fluids of the patients originally with MS were transudates [1]. In pseudo-MS similar features are due to other benign or malignant tumors; Pseudo Pseudo-MS (PPMS) occurs in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rheumatology and Arthritic Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2475-4676
DOI: 10.15226/2475-4676/2/2/00118