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Extreme elevation of serum CA-125 in two women with severe endometriosis: case report
J H Check1, T E Coates, K Nowroozi
1University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden.
Abstract:
Two women with elevated preoperative serum CA-125 levels were found to have extensive endometriosis - one, the highest level related to endometriosis ever reported in the English literature. Endometriosis was found to be etiologic as seen by the prompt reduction in serum CA-125 levels following surgical treatment limited to endometriosis. Thus, a very high CA-125 level does not necessarily forebode ovarian malignancy.