Unusually High Levels of CA19-9 Associated with Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Ovary

• Main Authors: Monika Madaan (Author), Manju Puri (Author), Ritu Sharma (Author), Harvinder Kaur (Author), Shubha Sagar Trivedi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Mature cystic teratoma is the benign tumor of the ovary. CA19-9 levels, although a marker of pancreatic malignancy, have been found to be raised in large ovarian mature cystic teratomas. Case Report. We report a case of a young female who had unusually high levels of CA19-9 in the bloo...