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Benign neoplasms of gynecologic origin are sometimes present with the clinical appearance of disseminated malignant neoplasms. This is usually the case in patients with Meigs or pseudo–Meigs syndrome.^1-2 We recently cared for a woman with pseudo–Meigs syndrome resulting from uterine leiomyoma who at first seemed to have a disseminated malignant disease.

Report of a Case

A 46-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of respiratory arrest. Her mother had died 4 years earlier of carcinoma of the endometrium. The patient had had menorrhagia for years but had never sought gynecologic control for fear of a diagnosis of cancer. Two months before admission, she had fatigue and malaise. Three weeks before admission, she noted pedal edema, abdominal swelling, and shortness of breath. The patient again refused to seek medical attention for fear of cancer, but her family finally brought her to the emergency ward, where she arrived in respiratory arrest. On admission, bilateral pleural . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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