[A case of mediastinal mature teratoma accompanying elevated CA 19-9 and CEA in the cystic fluid].
Fourteen year old female visited our hospital suffering from anterior chest pain. Chest CT revealed anterior mediastinal mass which had multiple cystic lesions, 8.5 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm in size. Tumor extirpation had performed by median sternotomy and pathological diagnosis was mature teratoma. CA 19-9 and CEA in the cystic fluid had elevated 32,790 U/ml and 768 ng/ml, respectively.
Tsuji
H
H
Department of Surgery, Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital, Japan.
Furukawa
M
M
Sakai
A
A
Miyashita
M
M
Sasaki
M
M
Tokunaga
Y
Y
Sano
S
S
Kanda
S
S
Fujii
H
H
Mine
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D020420:Cyst Fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000276:immunology*
D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen