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Biliary cystadenoma of the liver with elevated CA 19-9
D Schoonbroodt1, Y Horsmans, J F Gigot
1Department of Gastroenterology, St Luc University Hospital (U.C.L.), Brussels, Belgium.
Liver
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case of intrahepatic biliary cystadenoma with mesenchymal stroma is reported. The tumor was associated with strikingly elevated serum and intracystic levels of the tumor-associated antigen CA19-9. Two months after surgical enucleation, serum CA 19-9 levels returned to normal.
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