These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Benign epithelial cyst of the spleen with a high production of carbohydrate antigen 19-9.
    Author: Ishibashi R, Sakai T, Yamashita Y, Maekawa T, Hideshima T, Shirakusa T.
    Journal: Int Surg; 1999; 84(2):151-4. PubMed ID: 10408287.
    Abstract:
    A rare case of an epithelial splenic cyst showing a high production of the carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) is presented. A 19-year-old female with high fever and loss of appetite was diagnosed as having a splenic cyst. Laboratory data revealed unusually elevated serum levels of both CA19-9 and CA125. The histological diagnosis was an epithelial splenic cyst, and immunohistochemically the wall of the splenic cyst was strongly positive for CA19-9 and slightly positive for both CA125 and CEA. Fluid in the splenic cyst contained quite high levels of CA19-9, CA125 and CEA. After splenectomy, the serum levels of CA19-9 and CA125 gradually decreased. These findings suggested that the splenic cyst produced CA19-9, CA125 and CEA. And with very high levels of CA19-9 and CA1 25 in the cyst, some had entered into systemic circulation.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]