Primary choroid plexus carcinoma producing carbohydrate antigen 19-9.
An autopsy case of primary choroid plexus adenocarcinoma arising in a 40-year-old female, who was associated with a high serum level of a carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), is herein presented. After a subtotal removal of a tumor in the left lateral ventricle, the serum level of CA19-9 decreased rapidly, and immunohistochemical examinations of tumor tissue specimens obtained at surgery revealed intense reactivity for CA19-9. The present case may be the first example in which a primary choroid plexus carcinoma was shown to produce CA19-9.
Inamura
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Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nishio
S
S
Miyagi
Y
Y
Kamikaseda
K
K
Ueda
K
K
Fukui
M
M
Yoshimoto
K
K
D000328:Adult; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D016545:Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020288:Papilloma, Choroid Plexus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology*
D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen