Bronchogenic cyst with high serum carcinoembryonic antigen.
A 64-year-old woman had a large subcarinal cyst accompanied by high serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) of 55.7 ng/ml removed thoracoscopically. The pathological diagnosis was benign bronchogenic cyst. Immunohistochemical findings clearly showed CEA in the stratified columnar epithelial lining of the cyst. Serum CEA returned to the normal range within 40 days of surgical resection.
Oto
Takahiro
T
Department of Surgical Oncology and Thoracic Surgery (Surgery II), Okayama University Graduate Schools, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
Ando
Akio
A
Aoe
Motoi
M
Date
Hiroshi
H
Shimizu
Nobuyoshi
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D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000097:blood*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen