SÍNDROME DE MEIGS SECUNDARIO A TUMOR DE CÉLULAS DE LA GRANULOSA: REPORTE DE CASO

Belgica Tejada; Yessica Del Cid; Nery Vega; Manuel Abad

Submitted October 28, 2024

Published 2026-02-02

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2020): Revista Médico Científica

MEIGS SYNDROME SECONDARY TO OVARIAN GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR: CASE REPORT

Belgica Tejada⁺⁻
Yessica Del Cid⁺⁻
Nery Vega⁺⁻
Manuel Abad⁺⁻

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Tejada B, Del Cid Y, Vega N, Abad M. MEIGS SYNDROME SECONDARY TO OVARIAN GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR: CASE REPORT. rmc [Internet]. 2026 Feb. 2 [cited 2026 Oct. 18];33(1):41-5. Available from: https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/revistamedicocientifica/article/view/6123

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Meigs syndrome is a clinical entity related to a benign-solid fibroma-like ovarian tumor; thecoma, Brenner's tumor, or granulosa tumor; accompanied by ascites and pleural effusion. It is characterized by complete clinical resolution after surgical removal.The case of a 33-year-old female patient with four months of abnormal uterine bleeding, fullness and progressive dyspnea is presented. An abdominal ultrasound found a right adnexal mass dependent on the ovary with characteristics suggestive of malignancy;Chest radiography showed unilateral pleural effusion with negative cytology for malignant cells. The definitive histopathological report of the surgical specimen related to a low-grade estrogen-secreting granulosa cell tumor (GCT).The association of Meigs syndrome with a granulosa cell tumor is rare and has not been reported in Panama.

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[1] Meigs J. Fibroma of the ovary with ascites and hydrothorax—Meigs' syndrome. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 1954;67(5):962-987.

[2] Imran H, Haidar F, Akhatar S. Prevalence of Meigs Syndrome [Internet]. 2017 [citado 25 abril 2020]. Disponible en: http://www.pjmhsonline.com/2019/april_june/pdf/656.pdf

[3] Krenke R, Maskey-Warzechowska M, Korczynski P, Zielinska-Krawczyk M, Klimiuk J, Chazan R et al. Pleural Effusion in Meigs’ Syndrome—Exudate? 2015;94(49)

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[7] Kottarathil V, Antony M, Nair I, Pavithran K. Recent Advances in Granulosa Cell Tumor Ovary: A Review. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2012;4(1):37-47.

[8] Young R. Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors and their mimics. Pathology. 2018;50(1):5-15.

[9] Anton, C., Carvalho, F., Oliveira, E., Maciel, G., Baracat, E. and Carvalho, J., 2012. A comparison of CA125, HE4, risk ovarian malignancy algorithm (ROMA), and risk malignancy index (RMI) for the classification of ovarian masses. Clinics, 67(5), pp.437-441.

[10] Crum C, Lee K, Nucci M, Granter S, Howitt B, Parast M et al. Diagnostic Gynecologic and Obstetric Pathology. 3rd ed. Elsevier; 2017; vol 27, 1021.

[11] Park J, Bae J. Postmenopausal Meigs' Syndrome in Elevated CA-125: A Case Report. J Menopausal Med. 2015;21(1):56.

[12] Taniguchi Y, Nishikawa H, Maeda N, Terada Y. Breathlessness, pleural effusions, fibromas, and Meigs syndrome: look beyond the chest and don't delay!. The Lancet. 2020;395(10223)

[13] .

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[16] DeCherney A, Roman A, Nathan L, Laufer N. Obstetrics & gynecology. 11th ed. United States of America: McGraw-Hill Education.; 2013.

[17] Yamamoto Y, Miyagawa Y, Ehara T, Koyama M, Nakamura S, Takeuchi D et al. Three Cases of Pseudo-Meigs’ Syndrome Secondary to Ovarian Metastases from Colorectal Cancer. Case Reports in Surgery. 2017;:1-8.

[18] Shimazaki J, Tabuchi T, Nishida K, Takemura A, Motohashi G, Kajiyama H et al. Synchronous ovarian metastasis from colorectal cancer: A report of two cases. Oncology Letters. 2016;12(1):257-261.

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[25] Choi, K., Lee, H. J., Pae, J. C., Oh, S. J., Lim, S. Y., Cho, E. Y., & Lee, S. S. Ovarian granulosa cell tumor presenting as Meigs' syndrome with elevated CA125. Korean J Intern Med [Internet], 2005 [Citado 23 febrero 2020]; 20(1), 105–109. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2005.20.1.105

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[28] Coll Bujardón, D., González F., López S., González, Y. Tumor adulto de células de la granulosa del ovario: presentación de un caso. AMC [Internet]. 2015 Oct [citado 2020 Mayo 17]; 19(5):489-494. Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S102502552015000500008&lng=es.

[29] Gámez-Araujo JJ, Barajas-Figueroa LJ, Kortright-Farías M, de Nova-Chávez H. Tumor de células de la granulosa del adulto: reporte de un caso con manifestación inusual. Ginecol. obstet. Méx. [revista en la Internet]. 2017 Ene [citado 22 febrero de 2020];85(1):38-46. Disponible en: http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0300-90412017000100008&lng=es.

[30] Lavazzo, C., Gkegkes, I. D., & Vrachnis, N. Fertility sparing management and pregnancy in patients with granulosa cell tumour of the ovaries. Int. J. Gynecol. Obstet. [Internet]. 2015 [Citado 23 febrero 2020]; Vol 35, 331–335. Disponible en: doi:10.3109/01443615.2014.968107

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[32] Starks D, Chan D. Granulosa-Theca Cell Tumors Treatment & Management. Medscape [Internet]; 2018 [citado 23 febrero 2020]. Disponible en: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/254489-treatment#showall

[33] Khosla, Divya et al. “Ovarian granulosa cell tumor: clinical features, treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors.” North Am J Med Sci vol. 6,3: p 133-8. 2014. doi:10.4103/1947-2714.128475

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