A case of intralobar pulmonary sequestration with high serum CA19-9 levels.
A 38-year-old female presented with cough and fever. A chest X-ray examination revealed an abnormal shadow in the posteroinferior portion of the left hemithorax, and a laboratory examination showed that the serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) level was markedly high (1000 U/ml). A left thoracotomy showed an intralobar pulmonary sequestration of the left lower lobe, and after a left lower lobe lobectomy, the serum level of CA19-9 decreased to normal. Increased CA19-9 activity was detected by immunohistochemistry in the epithelia of bronchioles in the pulmonary sequestration. This communication is the first to report a case of increased activity of CA19-9 in pulmonary sequestration.
Shiota
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Y
Division of Internal Medicine, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan.
Kitade
M
M
Furuya
K
K
Ueda
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N
D000328:Adult; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000032:analysis*; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry
D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate