Elevated serum CA 19-9 with adnexal mass: is it always an ovarian malignancy?
Kah Teik ChewIzyan Atiqah ZakariaMohammad Azrai AbuMohd Faizal AhmadErica Yee HingNur Azurah Abdul GhaniPublished in: Hormone molecular biology and clinical investigation (2018)
Endometriotic cysts a common benign gynaecological disease in women of reproductive age. We report an unusual case of ruptured endometrioma associated with increased CA 19-9. A 27-year-old woman presented with an acute abdomenal adnexal mass and elevated CA 19-9. The initial diagnosis of ovarian malignancy turned out to be a ruptured endometrioma, confirmed during surgery and in the histopathological report.
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