Liver endometriosis presenting as a liver mass associated with high blood levels of tumoral biomarkers

Ahmed Fouad Bouras, Ahmed Bouras, Bouras AF, André Vincentelli, Emmanuel Boleslawski, Boleslawski E, Stéphanie Truant, Guido Liddo, Liddo G, Alain Prat, Prat A, François-René Pruvot, François‐René Pruvot, Pruvot FR, Philippe Zerbib
Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology · 2013 · vol. 37(3) , pp. e85–e88 · doi:10.1016/j.clinre.2013.02.011 · PMID:23562788 · W2045535985
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This case report describes a patient with liver endometriosis presenting as a liver mass, which was associated with elevated levels of tumoral biomarkers.

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Abstract

Endometriosis is a dissemination of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, responsible for pain and impaired fertility in women of childbearing age. Although endometriosis generally occurs in the pelvis, it can be located further away. We describe the case of a 35-year-old woman who was admitted for further evaluation of a cystic mass of the liver that had invaded the right ventricle and caused pain. Serum levels of the tumor markers CA 125, CA 15-3 and CA 19-9 were elevated. The tumor was resected with a small part of the right ventricle free wall, the diaphragm and the left liver lobe. A histological analysis confirmed that the mass was a benign endometrial cyst. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient remains asymptomatic with 5 year follow-up. A diagnosis of endometriosis should be considered for thoraco-abdominal cystic masses associated with menses-related pain in women of childbearing age.

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endometriosis

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Biomarkers, Tumor Endometriosis Liver Diseases Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain Adult Biomarkers, Tumor CA-125 Antigen CA-125 Antigen CA-19-9 Antigen CA-19-9 Antigen Diaphragm Diaphragm Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Heart Diseases Heart Diseases Heart Diseases

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