| Elevated Serum CA-125 Level in Tuberculous Peritonitis -3 Cases of Report- |
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Dong Chull Choi, In Gyu Hyun, Gui Hyun Nam, Ki Ho Jeong, Jae Ho Lee, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Young Soo Shim, Keon Youl Kim, Yong Choi Han |
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Department of Internal Medicine and Tuberculosis Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea |
| 혈중 CA-125 농도가 상승한 결핵성 복막염 3예 |
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최동철, 현인규, 남귀현, 정기호, 이재호, 김영환, 한성구, 심영수, 김건열, 한용철 |
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| Abstract |
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CA-125 is a high molecular weighted glycoprotein cellular antigen which is expressed on the surfaces of some derivatives of embryonal coelomic epithelial cells. CA-125 is known to be elevated in the serum of patients of gynecologic malignancy including primary and metastatic ovarian carcinoma and endometrial carcinoma. It is currently used as a sensitive tumor marker of gynecologic malignancy. But there have been reports suggesting the CA-125 level in serum was elevated in benign gynecologic diseases and non-gynecologic diseases including acute pneumonia and hepatic cirrhosis. We have experienced 3 cases of patients with high serum CA-125 values in whom the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis were made by laparotomy (1 case) and peritoneoscopic biopsies (2 cases).
We report these cases with brief review of the literatures. |
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