Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9

Serological tumor markers are useful for detection of malignancies and evaluation of disease progression. However, some markers are rarely elevated in patients with benign diseases and without malignancies. We herein present a case of a liver abscess with a highly elevated carbohydrate antigen (CA 1...

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Autores principales: Yoshino, Yusuke, Seo, Kazunori, Koga, Ichiro, Matsunaga, Naohisa, Kitazawa, Takatoshi, Takamori, Yoriyuki, Ota, Yasuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785207
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr475w
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author Yoshino, Yusuke
Seo, Kazunori
Koga, Ichiro
Matsunaga, Naohisa
Kitazawa, Takatoshi
Takamori, Yoriyuki
Ota, Yasuo
author_facet Yoshino, Yusuke
Seo, Kazunori
Koga, Ichiro
Matsunaga, Naohisa
Kitazawa, Takatoshi
Takamori, Yoriyuki
Ota, Yasuo
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description Serological tumor markers are useful for detection of malignancies and evaluation of disease progression. However, some markers are rarely elevated in patients with benign diseases and without malignancies. We herein present a case of a liver abscess with a highly elevated carbohydrate antigen (CA 19-9) level in both the serum and abscess fluid. The serological level of CA 19-9 decreased with treatment. Although CA 19-9 is known to be a specific tumor marker, high serum levels of CA 19-9 can be observed in patients with pyogenic liver abscesses. CA 19-9 may also be a marker for treatment response in patients with liver abscesses.
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spelling pubmed-50511032016-10-26 Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 Yoshino, Yusuke Seo, Kazunori Koga, Ichiro Matsunaga, Naohisa Kitazawa, Takatoshi Takamori, Yoriyuki Ota, Yasuo Gastroenterology Res Case Report Serological tumor markers are useful for detection of malignancies and evaluation of disease progression. However, some markers are rarely elevated in patients with benign diseases and without malignancies. We herein present a case of a liver abscess with a highly elevated carbohydrate antigen (CA 19-9) level in both the serum and abscess fluid. The serological level of CA 19-9 decreased with treatment. Although CA 19-9 is known to be a specific tumor marker, high serum levels of CA 19-9 can be observed in patients with pyogenic liver abscesses. CA 19-9 may also be a marker for treatment response in patients with liver abscesses. Elmer Press 2012-10 2012-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5051103/ /pubmed/27785207 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr475w Text en Copyright 2012, Yoshino et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Yoshino, Yusuke
Seo, Kazunori
Koga, Ichiro
Matsunaga, Naohisa
Kitazawa, Takatoshi
Takamori, Yoriyuki
Ota, Yasuo
Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
title Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
title_full Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
title_fullStr Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
title_full_unstemmed Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
title_short Liver Abscess With a Markedly High Level of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9
title_sort liver abscess with a markedly high level of carbohydrate antigen 19-9
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785207
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr475w
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