Elevated CA 125 in a CASE of Leaking Endometrioma

Extremely elevated CA 125, usually suggestive of ovarian malignancy, can be found in physiological or benign conditions such as endometriosis. We present a case of an extremely elevated serum CA 125 level in a patient with stage four endometriosis and bilateral unruptured ovarian endometriomas, with...

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Autores principales: Rao, Svetha, Kapurubandara, Supuni, Anpalagan, Anbu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30298110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2385048
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description Extremely elevated CA 125, usually suggestive of ovarian malignancy, can be found in physiological or benign conditions such as endometriosis. We present a case of an extremely elevated serum CA 125 level in a patient with stage four endometriosis and bilateral unruptured ovarian endometriomas, with evidence of leakage unilaterally. To avoid costly and unnecessarily invasive tests and procedures it is important to consider the differential diagnosis of endometriosis and/or leaking endometrioma in patients with a profoundly elevated CA 125 level.
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spelling pubmed-61572012018-10-08 Elevated CA 125 in a CASE of Leaking Endometrioma Rao, Svetha Kapurubandara, Supuni Anpalagan, Anbu Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Extremely elevated CA 125, usually suggestive of ovarian malignancy, can be found in physiological or benign conditions such as endometriosis. We present a case of an extremely elevated serum CA 125 level in a patient with stage four endometriosis and bilateral unruptured ovarian endometriomas, with evidence of leakage unilaterally. To avoid costly and unnecessarily invasive tests and procedures it is important to consider the differential diagnosis of endometriosis and/or leaking endometrioma in patients with a profoundly elevated CA 125 level. Hindawi 2018-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6157201/ /pubmed/30298110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2385048 Text en Copyright © 2018 Svetha Rao et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Elevated CA 125 in a CASE of Leaking Endometrioma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157201/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2385048
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