title: Ovarian strumal carcinoid with markedly high serum levels of tumor markers.
abstract: We report a 54-year-old woman with ovarian strumal carcinoid in association with dermoid cyst and mucinous cystadenoma in the same ovary and who had markedly high serum levels of CEA (202 ng/ml), CA125 (710 U/ml), and CA19-9 (11,500 U/ml). These tumor markers were not found in the thyroid tissue or carcinoid by immunohistochemical methods, but their serum levels decreased to below the cutoff levels after surgery. In our case, the change of serum levels of these tumor markers may be useful for the follow-up after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kawasaki Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takemori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Obayashi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D013330:Struma Ovarii / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018394:CA-125 Antigen; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen