Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 and a History of Colon Cancer

The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to affect millions of people and impact health-care delivery worldwide. New data and insights into the diagnosis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 are emerging rapidly. Several prognostic biomarkers have been studied in pa...

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Autores principales: Alrifai, Taha, Sharko, Anita, Leslie, William T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34248543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000515261
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author Alrifai, Taha
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Leslie, William T.
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description The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to affect millions of people and impact health-care delivery worldwide. New data and insights into the diagnosis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 are emerging rapidly. Several prognostic biomarkers have been studied in patients with SARS-CoV-2. Among those biomarkers is the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). We report the case of a 46-year-old male with a history of colon cancer who was found to have an elevated CEA level during routine surveillance. Further workup confirmed a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The CEA level normalized with the resolution of the infection.
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spelling pubmed-82557142021-07-09 Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 and a History of Colon Cancer Alrifai, Taha Sharko, Anita Leslie, William T. Case Rep Oncol Case Report The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to affect millions of people and impact health-care delivery worldwide. New data and insights into the diagnosis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 are emerging rapidly. Several prognostic biomarkers have been studied in patients with SARS-CoV-2. Among those biomarkers is the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). We report the case of a 46-year-old male with a history of colon cancer who was found to have an elevated CEA level during routine surveillance. Further workup confirmed a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The CEA level normalized with the resolution of the infection. S. Karger AG 2021-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8255714/ /pubmed/34248543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000515261 Text en Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 and a History of Colon Cancer
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title_full Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 and a History of Colon Cancer
title_fullStr Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 and a History of Colon Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 and a History of Colon Cancer
title_short Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 and a History of Colon Cancer
title_sort carcinoembryonic antigen elevation in a patient with sars-cov-2 and a history of colon cancer
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34248543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000515261
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