Extreme elevation of serum CA-125 in two women with severe endometriosis: case report
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This case report describes two women with severe endometriosis who presented with extremely elevated serum CA-125, demonstrating that high CA-125 levels do not always indicate ovarian malignancy.
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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.
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