Meigs syndrome

…It is often seen as a partial symptom of generalized edema due to heart failure, liver cirrhosis, kidney disease, etc. In addition, pelvic tumors such as ovarian fibroma may be accompanied by pleural leakage, which is called Meigs syndrome. Exudates are pleural fluids seen in various pleurisy and empyema, and depending on the cause, their appearance can vary from yellow and transparent to cloudy, purulent, or bloody. However, they generally have a specific gravity of 1.018 or more and a protein content of 3.0 g/dl or more, which means that they have a higher specific gravity, higher protein content, and more cellular components than transudates. …

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…心不全，肝硬変，腎疾患などによる全身性浮腫の一部分症状としてみられる場合が多い。また，卵巣繊維腫などの骨盤内腫瘍で漏出性胸水を伴うことがあり，メイグス症候群Meigs syndromeとよばれる。滲出液は種々の胸膜炎や膿胸においてみられる胸水で，その原因によって外観は黄色透明～混濁，膿性，血性などさまざまであるが，一般に比重は1.018以上，タンパク質含有量3.0g/dl以上と，漏出液に比べ，高比重，高タンパク質であり，細胞成分も多い。…

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