Extra-ordinary High CA-125 and CA19-9 Serum Levels in an Ovarian Endometrioma: Case Report
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Abstract
Endometriosis is an estrogen dependent disease. Levels of Cancer antigen-125 are significantly higher in women with moderate to severe endometriosis. However, patients with unruptured endometriosis rarely have serum CA-125 levels more than 1000 U/mL. This case report presents a diffuse, unruptured ovarian endometrioma in a 29- year-old woman, leading to an extraordinary high serum CA-125 and CA19-9 levels; usually typical of advanced ovarian carcinoma. Our experience emphasizes on benign gynecologic conditions such as endometrioma, which should be taken into account as a possible differential diagnosis in women with exaggerated elevation of the serum CA-125 level.
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| Issue | Vol 3, No 2 (June 2009) | |
| Section | Case Reports | |
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| Endometriosis Tumor markers Ovarian cyst Endometrioma CA-125 CA19-9 | ||
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Agha Hosseini M, Aleyasin A, Khodaverdi S, Mahdavi A, Najmi Z. Extra-ordinary High CA-125 and CA19-9 Serum Levels in an Ovarian Endometrioma: Case Report. J Family Reprod Health. 2009;3(2):67-70.
