title: CA125-positive papillary tumor of the peritoneum.
abstract: A 71-year-old female visited our outpatient unit with chief complaints of anorexia and a sense of abdominal distension. The abnormalities found after admission were conspicious increases in CA125 levels in serum and ascites as well as anemia, accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation and increased serum LDH. The patient underwent an emergency operation for ileus. The histological diagnosis was serous papillomatous cancer. Immunohistologic staining of the cancer tissue demonstrated the production of CA125. In this very rare the remnant of the Müllerian duct in the peritoneum is thought to have been cancerous.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Pathology, Sumitomo Hospital Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asagoe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakoda
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kishino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fushimi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Usami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor