An elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein leading to the diagnosis of an immature teratoma.
A case report is presented of a woman with a maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein 17.46 multiples of the median (MOM), who was found to have an ovarian immature teratoma. It is suggested that patients who present with a maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein value greater than 9 multiples of the median receive a more comprehensive evaluation remembering that the alpha-fetoprotein in the adult can be a tumor marker.
Frederiksen
M C
MC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
Casanova
L
L
Schink
J C
JC
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013724:Teratoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins