Extreme elevation of serum CA-125 in two women with severe endometriosis: case report.
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.
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate