Cystadenocarcinoma and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
- 1 August 1978
- Vol. 42 (2) , 632-634
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(197808)42:2<632::aid-cncr2820420233>3.0.co;2-n
Abstract
A 40-year-old woman with back pain, an abdominal mass, and a serum CEA level of 200 ng/ml was found to have at laparotomy, a large but resectable mucinous retroperitoneal mass. Pathologic diagnosis revealed cystadenocarcinoma, probably of pancreatic origin. It is remarkable that the cyst fluid contained a CEA level 100,000-fold normal. Serum CEA fell to normal levels in the postoperative period. This suggests that the CEA was of cyst epithelial origin.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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