Open AccessElevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered?
Author(s) -
Michal Soudack,
Alon BenNun,
Chaim Toledano
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2001/702905
Subject(s) - carbohydrate , antigen , pathology , adenocarcinoma , carcinoembryonic antigen , cyst , medicine , immunology , biology , gastroenterology , cancer
Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is a well known marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. However, its limitation is its nonspecificity, because elevated levels may be encountered in other gastrointestinal disorders, both benign and malignant. The following case is a patient with a true (epithelial) splenic cyst with elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9.
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