[Cystadenoma of the liver with high levels of ACE and CA 19-9 in the cyst].
The development of a cystadenocarcinoma from previously benign cystadenoma is controversial. Neither clinical nor biological factors have been described to explain this transformation. High levels of serum and cystic CEA and CA 19-9 seem to help in the diagnosis of cystadenoma but not cystadenocarcinoma. Definitive histological evaluation is the only means to discriminate malignant from benign cysts. We report a case of cystadenoma of the liver with very high cystic levels and normal serum levels of CEA and CA 19-9.
Trésallet
Christophe
C
Service de Chirurgie Générale, Digestive et Endocrinienne, Hôpital de la Pitié, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13.
Jordi-Galais
Pere
P
Nguyen-Thanh
Quang
Q
Aubriot-Lorton
Marie-Hélène
MH
Costedoat-Chalumeau
Nathalie
N
Chigot
Jean-Paul
JP
Menegaux
Fabrice
F
D000328:Adult; D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D018395:CA-19-9 Antigen; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen