Human chorionic gonadotropin and CA 15-3 producing adenocarcinoma
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1Department of Internal Diseases, Gülhane Military Medical Academia, Ankara, Turkey.
Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear Medicine
|December 30, 1998
Abstract:
50 years old man suffering from primary lung adenocarcinoma presented with high levels of both beta subunit human chorionic gonadotropin (beta HCG) and cancer antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3) in the absence of elevated carcinoembrionic antigen (CEA), alfa fetoprotein (AFP) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9). Although beta HCG or CA 15-3 high levels were reported in adenocarcinoma of lung, this is the first report of a patient with high levels of both markers.

