title: Meigs' syndrome with highly elevated ca. 125 levels in a patient with Takayasu arteritis: a case report.
abstract: A 56-year-old post-menopausal woman presented with abdominal swelling and shortness of breath. An evaluation of abdomen and pelvis showed ascites and a solid mass. Serum CA-125 level was elevated (509 IU/ml). A computerized tomography-angiography was performed since the pulses of upper extremities could not be palpated. The patient was diagnosed to be suffering from Takayasu arteritis. The exploratory laparotomy revealed a fibroma of the ovary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Yakacik mah. Cilek sok. No: 15/4, Ankara, Keçioren, Turkey. csalman@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mehmet Coskun
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basaran
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gultekin
authors.forename: Polat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Musturay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karcaaltincaba
authors.forename: Sirri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kes
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008539:Meigs Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000209:etiology; D017698:Postmenopause; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen