title: [Relevance of CEA in benign breast disease (author's transl)].
abstract: Serum CEA-concentrations were measured in patients with various benign breast tumors; in addition, CEA levels were determined in the fluid of mammary cysts present. Patients with proliferating mastopathia with and without atypia had CEA values exceeding 25 ng/ml in the cystic fluid (= 46). No significant correlation existed between serum and cystic fluid concentrations. CEA determination allows for a differentiation between simple and proliferating mastopathias.
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D003560:Cysts / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung des carcinoembryonalen Antigens (CEA) bei den verschiedenen Formen der Mastopathie.