title: Extreme elevation of serum CA-125 in two women with severe endometriosis: case report.
abstract: Two women with elevated preoperative serum CA-125 levels were found to have extensive endometriosis - one, the highest level related to endometriosis ever reported in the English literature. Endometriosis was found to be etiologic as seen by the prompt reduction in serum CA-125 levels following surgical treatment limited to endometriosis. Thus, a very high CA-125 level does not necessarily forebode ovarian malignancy.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Check
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Coates
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowroozi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate