| Extraordinarily elevated serum levels of CA 19-9 and rapid decrease after succesfull therapy: A case report and review of literature. | |
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PMID: 21332006 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is most valuable as a serum marker for pancreatic and biliary cancer, but increased concentrations occur in several other gastrointestinal malignancies. A carbohydrate antigen 19-9 value of >1,000 U/ml usually indicates a digestive cancer and has been reported to have a specificity greater than 99% for pancreatic cancer; nevertheless, false-positive results owing to benign diseases such as pancreatitis or liver cirrhosis have been noted. We present a patient with cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis with acute cholangitis who had very high serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (9586 IU/ml). The rapid decrease in carbohydrate antigen 19-9 after successful treatment was as interesting as the pretreatment high serum level of carbohydrate antigen 19-9. |
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Murat Korkmaz; Hakan Unal; Haldun Selçuk; Uğur Yilmaz |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology Volume: 21 ISSN: 1300-4948 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-2-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9515841 Medline TA: Turk J Gastroenterol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 461-463 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of, Gastroenterology, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara. murat71korkmaz@yahoo.com. |
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