[Elevated Ca 19.9 tumor marker without evidence of malignancy]
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1Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Universidad de Barcelona, Esplugues (Barcelona), España. egonzalezb@hsjdbcn.org
Medicina
|July 17, 2007
Abstract:
Tumor markers are a useful tool for surveillance of oncologic patients, whereas their role in the diagnosis of a malignancy is controversial. We present the case of a woman with a benign ovarian cyst with an unexpected elevation of Ca 19.9 after laparoscopic bilateral anexectomy.