Ovarian cancer in a woman previously diagnosed with endometriosis and an extremely high serum CA-125 level.
OBJECTIVE
Follow-up of a woman with a serum CA-125 level > 1000 U/mL where laparoscopy only found endometriosis.


METHODS
Case report-- re-evaluation several years later.


RESULTS
Extensive clear-cell carcinoma of ovary with metastases leading to death.


CONCLUSIONS
This case suggests that bilateral oophorectomy should be performed in women not desiring any more children if the serum CA- 125 level is very high even if only endometriosis is found initially.
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The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Copper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USA.
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D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery
D018394:CA-125 Antigen