Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A case of Meigs syndrome mimicking metastatic breast carcinoma | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Case report A case of Meigs syndrome mimicking metastatic breast carcinoma Sophocles Lanitis1 Sivahamy Sivakumar1 Kasim Behranwala1 Emmanouil Zacharakis 2 Ragheed Al Mufti1 and Dimitri J Hadjiminas1 2 Address 1General Surgery Department St Mary s Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Praed Street London W2 1NY UK and 2Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology Imperial College London 10th Floor QEQM Wing St. Mary s Campus Praed Street London W2 1NY UK Email Sophocles Lanitis - drlanitis@ Sivahamy Sivakumar - Kasim Behranwala - kbehranwala@ Emmanouil Zacharakis - Ragheed Al Mufti - ralmufti@ Dimitri J Hadjiminas - dhadjiminas@ Corresponding author Published 22 January 2009 Received 21 July 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009 7 10 doi 1477-7819-7-10 Accepted 22 January 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 10 2009 Lanitis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Adnexal masses are not uncommon in patients with breast cancer. Breast cancer and ovarian malignancies are known to be associated. In patients with breast cancer and co-existing pleural effusions ascites and adnexal masses the probability of disseminated disease is high. Nevertheless benign ovarian masses can mimic this clinical picture when they are associated with Meigs syndrome making the work-up and management of these patients challenging. To our knowledge there are no similar reports in the literature and .
