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A carcinoid tumor associated with chylous ascites and elevated tumor markers
Richard R P Warner1, Edward C Croen, Kiran Zaveri
1Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. warner_md@carcinoid.org
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
|June 7, 2002
Abstract:
The case is reported of a 74-year-old woman with a carcinoid tumor associated with chylous ascites and elevated tumor markers, CEA, and CA-125. In addition, the novel use of chromogranin-A quantitative assay from peripheral blood and ascetic fluid is discussed. The patient's clinical course and beneficial response to chemotherapy is also discussed and previous similar cases reported in the English-language literature are reviewed.