Ovarian cancer in a woman previously diagnosed with endometriosis and an extremely high serum CA-125 level.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2001
Abstract
PURPOSE: 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.
CONCLUSION: 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.
Volume
28
Issue
2
First Page
83
Last Page
85
ISSN
0390-6663
Published In/Presented At
Check, J. H., Check, M. L., Kiefer, D., & Aikins, J., Jr (2001). Ovarian cancer in a woman previously diagnosed with endometriosis and an extremely high serum CA-125 level. Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology, 28(2), 83–85.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
11491380
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article