An extraordinarily high CA 125 level in a woman without apparent pathologic foci of CA 125 production: dissociation between serum levels of CA 125 and CA 130

F Kobayashi; S Fujii; H Nonogaki; Y Nanbu; T Iwai; I Konishi; N Sagawa; T Mori; M N Hosono; K Endo

doi:10.1016/0002-9378(91)90353-s

An extraordinarily high CA 125 level in a woman without apparent pathologic foci of CA 125 production: dissociation between serum levels of CA 125 and CA 130

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Nov;165(5 Pt 1):1297-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)90353-s.

Authors

F Kobayashi¹, S Fujii, H Nonogaki, Y Nanbu, T Iwai, I Konishi, N Sagawa, T Mori, M N Hosono, K Endo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.

PMID: 1957849
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)90353-s

Abstract

We describe a patient with high serum CA 125 levels before and after surgery (greater than 403 U/ml) who had no apparent pathologic foci of CA 125 production. Serum levels of CA 130, which exists on the same glycoprotein as CA 125, were within normal ranges (less than 35 U/ml) before and after surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / blood*
Cattle
Female
Glycoproteins / immunology
Humans
Leiomyoma / immunology
Middle Aged
Myometrium / pathology
Radioimmunoassay
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
Glycoproteins