PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS MIMICKING ADVANCED OVARIAN-CANCER - PRESENTATIONWITH PLEURAL EFFUSION, ASCITES, AND ELEVATED SERUM CA-125 LEVEL

Authors
MYERS TJ ARENA B GRANAI CO
Citation
Tj. Myers et al., PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS MIMICKING ADVANCED OVARIAN-CANCER - PRESENTATIONWITH PLEURAL EFFUSION, ASCITES, AND ELEVATED SERUM CA-125 LEVEL, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 173(3), 1995, pp. 966-967
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
173
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
966 - 967
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1995)173:3<966:PEMAO->2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Two patients with clinical complications of endometriosis mimicking st age IV epithelial ovarian cancer are described. One had bilateral pleu ral effusions, ascites, and a serum CA 125 level of 440 U/ml. The othe r had a right-sided pleural effusion and a large abdominal mass.