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Extremely Elevated Serum CA125 Due To Endometriosis
Author(s) -
Kashyap Ravi James
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1999.tb03392.x
Subject(s) - endometriosis , medicine , ovarian cancer , cyst , ultrasound , blood flow , cancer , gastroenterology , pathology , gynecology , radiology
Summary: Endometriosis can mimic cancer in a pre‐menopausal woman (1). In this case an ultrasound showed a complex ovarian cyst with a low resistance blood flow and the serum CA 125 level was 6,114 iu/mL (normal <35), more than twice the highest level previously reported due to benign disease.