Elevated serum CA 125 concentration in patients with ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由HSimsek著作·1997·被引用163次—TuberculousperitonitismustbeconsideredinadifferentialdiagnosisofpatientswithelevatedserumCA125concentration.Correctdiagnosismayprevent ...

Objectives: High serum cancer antigen (CA) 125 levels have been shown to be present in patients with ovarian carcinoma, nongynecological cancers, and some benign diseases and have been used as a useful marker for monitoring patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. Although tuberculous peritonitis with elevated serum CA 125 levels is an important diagnostic problem because it may lead to misdiagnosis as ovarian carcinoma and unnecessary laparatomies, the levels of CA 125 in patients with tuberculous peritonitis has not been studied in detail.

Methods: Serum CA 125 levels in 11 consecutive patients (2 males, 9 females) with tuberculous peritonitis admitted to Hacettepe University and 20 healthy adult controls (7 males, 13 females) were studied.