Pelvic-Peritoneal Tuberculosis with Elevated Serum and Peritoneal Fluid Ca-125 Levels | Zendy

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Pelvic-Peritoneal Tuberculosis with Elevated Serum and Peritoneal Fluid Ca-125 Levels

Author(s) -

Timur Gürgan,

Hulusi Bülent Zeyneloğlu,

Bülent Urman,

Osman Develíoğlu,

Hakan Yaralı́

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

gynecologic and obstetric investigation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1423-002X

pISSN - 0378-7346

DOI - 10.1159/000292665

Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal fluid , endometriosis , ascites , tuberculosis , laparoscopy , malignancy , biopsy , pelvic endometriosis , gastroenterology , surgery , gynecology , pathology

We report 2 patients with pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis and elevated serum and peritoneal fluid levels of Ca-125. The first was a young and infertile women who had cul-de-sac nodularity and dysmenorrhea. The other was postmenopausal and presented with weight loss and ascites. While a preoperative diagnosis of endometriosis was made in the former, intraperitoneal malignancy was considered in the latter. The diagnosis of pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis was reached by laparoscopic-directed biopsy in both patients. Serum levels of Ca-125 returned to normal limits following antituberculous drug treatment.

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