Dyspnea at rest
Mohaupt, M.; Overlack, A.; Vetter, H.
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis 78(37): 1003-1006
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 1013-2058 PMID: 2799170 Document Number: 336147
A 54 year old woman complained about progressive dyspnea. She was markedly obese and presented with right-sided pleural effusion of undetermined origin. Treatment for congestive heart failure did not reduce the pleural effusion. Pleural or pulmonic tumor was not found, a large intraabdominal mass contained ovarian tumor-cells. The exudative pleural fluid was interpreted as Meigs'-syndrome in view of the coexisting ascites.