https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2019.1140

Pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome: a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus

Vol. 71 No. 2 (2019)
Submitted: 8 March 2018
Accepted: 6 September 2018
Published: 9 July 2019
Serositis, lupus nephritis, antiphospholipid syndrome, splenic infarct, thrombocytopenia.
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G. Tansir
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Patna, India.
P. Kumar
drkumar.prabhat@gmail.com
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Patna, India.
A. Pius
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Patna, India.
S.K. Sunny
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Patna, India.
M. Soneja
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Patna, India.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory multisystem autoimmune disease. Ascites when associated with pleural effusion and raised CA-125 levels in SLE patient, is known as pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome (PPMS). This is the case of a 22-year-old lady who presented with complaints of abdominal distension for one month and had a history of spontaneous abortion in the past. Abdominal imaging did not reveal any tumor and after extensive workup a diagnosis of PPMS was made. She was successfully treated with steroids, hydroxychloroquine and cyclophosphamide.

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Tansir, G., Kumar, P., Pius, A., Sunny, S., & Soneja, M. (2019). Pseudo-pseudo Meigs’ syndrome: a rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. Reumatismo, 71(2), 108–112. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2019.1140

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