MEIGS SYNDROME

Course overview

MEIGS SYNDROME IS AN UNCOMMON PRESENTATION, WHERE A BENIGN OVARIAN TUMOR PRESENT ALONG WITH ASCITES AND PLEURAL EFFUSION. ABOUT 1 % OF OVARIAN TUMORS CAN PRESENT AS MEIGS SYNDROME. A SIMILAR PRESENTATION CAN BE SEEN IN MANY METASTATIC MALIGNANCIES. EARLY DETECTION AND INTERVENTION OF THIS CONDITION LEAD TO A GOOD PROGNOSIS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE PRESENTATION, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT OF MEIGS SYNDROME.