Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered?
Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is a well known marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. However, its limitation is its nonspecificity, because elevated levels may be encountered in other gastrointestinal disorders, both benign and malignant. The following case is a patient with a true (epithelial) splenic c...
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| description | Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is a well known marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. However, its limitation is its nonspecificity, because elevated levels may be encountered in other gastrointestinal disorders, both benign and malignant. The following case is a patient with a true (epithelial) splenic cyst with elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-74aebf508afd48cd9a9113bd3f6f7afb2025-02-03T07:24:47ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002001-01-0115212512610.1155/2001/702905Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered?Michal Soudack0Alon Ben-Nun1Chaim Toledano2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Rambam Medical Center, Bat Galim, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Bat Galim, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of General Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Bat Galim, Haifa, IsraelCarbohydrate antigen 19-9 is a well known marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. However, its limitation is its nonspecificity, because elevated levels may be encountered in other gastrointestinal disorders, both benign and malignant. The following case is a patient with a true (epithelial) splenic cyst with elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/702905 |
| spellingShingle | Michal Soudack Alon Ben-Nun Chaim Toledano Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered? Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered? |
| title_full | Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered? |
| title_fullStr | Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered? |
| title_short | Elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in Patients with True (Epithelial) Splenic Cysts – Rare or Undiscovered? |
| title_sort | elevated carbohydrate antigen 19 9 in patients with true epithelial splenic cysts rare or undiscovered |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/702905 |
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