PELVIC-PERITONEAL TUBERCULOSIS SIMULATING OVARIAN-CARCINOMA - REPORT OF 3 CASES WITH ELEVATION OF THE CA-125

Authors
DEPAZ FN FERNANDEZ BH SIMON RP PEREZ EF DEPAZ CN BATTLE PO RODRIGUEZ MM
Citation
Fn. Depaz et al., PELVIC-PERITONEAL TUBERCULOSIS SIMULATING OVARIAN-CARCINOMA - REPORT OF 3 CASES WITH ELEVATION OF THE CA-125, The American journal of gastroenterology, 91(8), 1996, pp. 1660-1661
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
91
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1660 - 1661
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1996)91:8<1660:PTSO-R>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report three cases of women with abdominal pathology in which an el evated serum CA 125 tumor marker could have led to an erroneous diagno sis of ovarian carcinoma, However, after peritoneal biopsies were take n, tuberculosis was diagnosed. Furthermore, specific tuberculostatic t reatment normalized serum CA 125 levels.