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Cystadenocarcinoma and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
Author(s) -
Ferrer José P.,
Hensley George,
Kalser Martin H.,
Zeppa Robert
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197808)42:2<632::aid-cncr2820420233>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoembryonic antigen , laparotomy , mucinous cystadenocarcinoma , cystadenocarcinoma , cyst , pathology , gastroenterology , adenocarcinoma , radiology , pancreas , cancer
A 40‐year‐old woman with back pain, an abdominal mass, and a serum CEA level of 200 ng/ml was found to have at laparotomy, a large but resectable mucinous retroperitoneal mass. Pathologic diagnosis revealed cystadenocarcinoma, probably of pancreatic origin. It is remarkable that the cyst fluid contained a CEA level 100,000‐fold normal. Serum CEA fell to normal levels in the postoperative period. This suggests that the CEA was of cyst epithelial origin.